Judge Rules There Can Be Only One Comic Con
The annual gathering of nerds in your town may have to change its name soon, as a judge in California has followed a jury verdict and ruled that Salt Lake Comic Con infringed on San Diego Comic-Con’s trademark of the “comic con” name. That comes from Deadline, which says the judge only awarded San Diego Comic-Con $20,000 in damages, but this sets a precedent for other conventions to be barred from using the “comic con” name—including New York Comic Con, which is coming up in a few months.
Apparently, one of the things the judge really took issue with was the Salt Lake City con’s repeated insistence on reciting the dictionary definition of “con,” which the judge found “objectively unreasonable” because it had already been established that nobody really gave a damn about the dictionary definition of “con.” San Diego’s defense was that its been a non-profit since 1975 and has been holding conventions since 1970, meaning it does have an established history with the “comic con” name.
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It’s a really petty lawsuit.
I don’t think anyone would show up in Salt Lake and mistakenly think they were in San Diego.
“Comic con” has always been a generic term for conventions related to comics and stuff.
I don’t think anyone would show up in Salt Lake and mistakenly think they were in San Diego.
“Comic con” has always been a generic term for conventions related to comics and stuff.
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