15 June 2008

Copyright: The Worst Offender

Darlings, our limited time in SL® brought us to go on one of these famous, Ohana Isle Treasure Hunts. The link was sent out to one of my groups to go the hunt. To what do my wondering eyes should appear but a giant house of trademark infringement. There is one business that is entirely based on the Disney® empire. This store not only sells items that infringe on Disney's registered trademarks but they are even named after a copyrighted television show, House of Mouse. Given the recent trademark issues that LL® has imposed on its residents, I am shocked to see a store such as this not only in SL but on the sim as established as Ohana Isle. After some discussion, I believe one of the hunters was going to report the store to see what would happen.You would think the sim owner would recognized the severity of this infringement and disallow this shop on their land.

Let's see what Disney owned properties are being used here: Pirates of the Caribbean, Finding Nemo, Alice in Wonderland, Nightmare Before Christmas, House of Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, Mickey Mouse Club, Lilo and Stitch, Fantasia, Disneyland Theme Park chacters, Disney World Theme Park characters.

Pictorial evidence:




©Disney/Pixar.
"The Legend of Tarzan" Owned by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. And Used by Permission.
©Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. and Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
TM and ©BVS Entertainment, Inc. and BVS International N.V. All rights reserved.
©ABC Family Properties, Inc. and BVS International N.V.
Underlying Property TM and ©TOEI Animation Co., Ltd. All rights reserved.
©Aoki Takao.BB2 Project.TV Tokyo. Licensed by d-rights inc.
SPIDER-MAN and all related characters and the distinctive likenesses thereof
are trademarks of Marvel Characters, Inc and are used with permission.
TM and ©Marvel Characters, Inc. All rights reserved.
TM and ©Disney


More on Disney copyrights and trademarks are located at http://home.disney/com.

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