@MrJameGumb to Not The OnionEnglish • 1 month ago6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.comexternal-linkmessage-square202arrow-up1436arrow-down119
arrow-up1417arrow-down1external-link6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ characternypost.com@MrJameGumb to Not The OnionEnglish • 1 month agomessage-square202
minus-square@candybrielinkEnglish11•edit-21 month agoDid he trademark it? Did he sign that away when HBO did the TV series? Not that it matters for a passport. But it’s entirely likely a media company owns the trademark for a book character rather than the author.
minus-square@CortlinkEnglish8•1 month agoI think it would be more likely that grrm licensed the trademark and IP to HBO/Discovery rather than sell it. But I don’t actually know
minus-square@candybrielinkEnglish14•1 month agohttps://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00917519208 HBO owns it in the UK. Weirdly, I couldn’t find an active entry in the US database.
Did he trademark it? Did he sign that away when HBO did the TV series?
Not that it matters for a passport. But it’s entirely likely a media company owns the trademark for a book character rather than the author.
I think it would be more likely that grrm licensed the trademark and IP to HBO/Discovery rather than sell it. But I don’t actually know
https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00917519208
HBO owns it in the UK. Weirdly, I couldn’t find an active entry in the US database.
Thanks for actually doing the research.