Disney withdraws trademark application for Navy "Seal Team 6"

After the Navy basically told them to back the hell off, The Walt Disney Co. withdrew its application to trademark the phrase "SEAL Team 6." A previous Boing Boing post on the story is here.

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Anonymous

I think the government should have let them have it.

Then sent them all applicable bills for the training, housing, deployment, medical bills, and retirement for all members of Seal Team 6, past, present, and future.
ackpht

As a taxpayer I’m funding the Navy so it seems they’re looking out for my interests.
gwailo_joe

Rats. . .I was sure I was going to like the anime:

The leader (leopard seal): rough and tough. . .with a secret past

The 2nd in command (sea lion): loyal, able. . .with an eye for the ladies

Demolitions (elephant seal): big, brash. . .smarter than he looks

Hand-to-hand combat expert (ribbon seal): always cracking jokes…ethnic accent

Heavy weapons (bearded seal): gruff veteran…with a heart of gold

sniper (baby harp seal): cute. . .has learned to kill

Can ~I~ copyright this? It’ll make 100mill guaranteed!!! Make OBL look like some kinda f-d up penguin in his ice fortress (Krillallabad) and there you are. . .
- Anonymous
  
  Call it Team Seal Z and I bet you’re OK. Maybe Disney will.
Teller

SEAL Team 7â„¢.
Iron Clad Burrito

@#1 — the Navy has that one too.
- Teller
  
  This is gonna be harder than I thought!
TEKNA2007

Navy Seal copyfighters! Things could work out OK after all.
Shart Tsung

Would they mind releasing Marvel Comics too? I don’t like a Disney-owned Marvel.
genre slur

Waltco. can still apply for “Seal Team Sex”. It’ll make dough, anyway.
sam1148

And they wouldn have gotten away with it too if not for those meddling internet kids!

I guess we might not be seeing cute little pixar seals balancing balls on their nose while going ‘undercover’ to save the world.
Anonymous

Well wait now are we talking anthropomorphic navy seals, that deftly avoid being clubbed by some nefarious supervillian and his wise cracking sidekick in some summer feature length animation? Cuz i’d watch that…. No I wouldnt
flink

I’m really glad Disney got their faces slapped.

Disney is not special, nor is a particularly family-friendly enterprise. Since the late 70′s they’ve become nothing but avaricious dogs after any stray penny they can find.

Walt would be ashamed of them.
Fett101

I was looking forward to the mischievous adventures of 6 adorable seal pups infiltrating Bin Laden’s compound and killing him with cuteness.
Ipo

Remember when Saddam Hussein was caught in his luxury underground lair?
Why is Osama’s dump still called a luxury compound?
It wasn’t even above average by Pakistan standards.
I’ve seen carports more stylin’ than that.

I like your Seal Team, gwailo_joe.
frankieboy

Go Navy!
Anonymous

When Seal Team Six tells you to back off, you back the fuck off!
Anonymous

Did anyone else click through to the article, then go to the one on the prostitution round-up and click through the gallery to see which ones they’d be willing to do?

No? Just me, then. I’m glad I’m posting anonymously.
cella

Why yes, yes I do like men masturbating on flights. Thank you for your suggestion and I will be clicking in due course.
SchnauzerLogic

the linked story was a little light on details, but i really dug the (auto generated?) list of:

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now -there’s- a mission (or two) for Seal Team 6!
emmdeeaych

They killed Bin Laden AND built a better mousetrap. Go SEALs!
Anonymous

So if I understand this right, the NAVY says THEY own the trademark for that phrase. WTF? Do we really want our government trademarking stuff?
- Vorn
  
  Do we really want our government trademarking stuff?
  
  Yes, we do.
  
  Trademark is protection for, essentially, names. There is a genuine interest in preventing groups from sowing confusion with governmental entities.