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6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character(nypost.com)

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leftzero@lemmynsfw.com
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Aren’t they aware that the TV series is based on a book series…? If anyone owns the name it’d be George R.R. Martin…

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candybrie@lemmy.world
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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.

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Cort@lemmy.world
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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

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candybrie@lemmy.world
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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.

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