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scubastefon t1_j2nb7uy wrote

Reply to comment by pixel_of_moral_decay in Dozens of cars heading towards Liberty State Park on Jersey Ave. What's happening? by eteich1100

I don’t think there’s enough private for a surge op like this what I was getting at.

Also a little off topic, but I’m curious if someone ever told Paramount that there is a company called Top Gun Towing who is trading off one of their brands. I mean someone must have been super pissed about getting towed and then taken it to that extreme, right?

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j2nctbp wrote

There’s a lot of private towing out there. A lot. It’s sometimes predatory.

I think Top Gun as a trademark would only matter if there’s confusion. A movie and a towing company are pretty far apart. Not to mention Top Gun is at least partially a real thing.

So at least as I understand it, they wouldn’t have a claim unless they could prove some kind of confusion…. Reusing character images maybe.

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scubastefon t1_j2o56it wrote

Well they reuse the wings, in conjunction with the name, so I’d say that could at least imply an endorsement. But IANAL.

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pixel_of_moral_decay t1_j2o5ik4 wrote

I guess the argument is if they’re the movies wings or military which the movie also reused.

At least that’s how I interpret the law.

There’s a “big apple ____” for pretty much anything too. Seems to work under the same pretense.

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