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Lucasfilm is suing a real-life Jedi Lightsaber school
The Force is perhaps too strong with this one. So strong, in fact, that he’s drawn the ire of the Empire itself: Disney.
Disney’s Lucasfilm, which owns the rights to everything in the Star Wars universe, is suing one Michael Brown, the owner of several businesses that offer Lightsaber training sessions. In a suit filed to US federal court (pdf), Lucasfilm’s lawyers argue that Brown, who also goes by Michael Flynn and Flynn Michael, infringed upon the company’s intellectual property by advertising and selling classes and merchandise that use the words “Jedi,” “Lightsaber,” and a logo similar to the official Jedi Order symbol. The Hollywood Reporter first reported this story.
“Defendants regularly use the Lucasfilm Trademarks without authorization in connection with their businesses,” the suit reads. “Among other infringing activities, Defendants use a logo that is nearly identical, and confusingly similar, to Lucasfilm’s trademark Jedi Order logo.”
The Force is perhaps too strong with this one. So strong, in fact, that he’s drawn the ire of the Empire itself: Disney.
Disney’s Lucasfilm, which owns the rights to everything in the Star Wars universe, is suing one Michael Brown, the owner of several businesses that offer Lightsaber training sessions. In a suit filed to US federal court (pdf), Lucasfilm’s lawyers argue that Brown, who also goes by Michael Flynn and Flynn Michael, infringed upon the company’s intellectual property by advertising and selling classes and merchandise that use the words “Jedi,” “Lightsaber,” and a logo similar to the official Jedi Order symbol. The Hollywood Reporter first reported this story.
“Defendants regularly use the Lucasfilm Trademarks without authorization in connection with their businesses,” the suit reads. “Among other infringing activities, Defendants use a logo that is nearly identical, and confusingly similar, to Lucasfilm’s trademark Jedi Order logo.”
