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4:41 pm Thu
May 26, 2011
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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SEAL Team 7â„¢.
@#1 — the Navy has that one too.
This is gonna be harder than I thought!
Navy Seal copyfighters! Things could work out OK after all.
¿Equipo FOCA Seis™? ¡Olé!
Waltco. can still apply for “Seal Team Sex”. It’ll make dough, anyway.
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.
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
I was looking forward to the mischievous adventures of 6 adorable seal pups infiltrating Bin Laden’s compound and killing him with cuteness.
When Seal Team Six tells you to back off, you back the fuck off!
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!
They killed Bin Laden AND built a better mousetrap. Go SEALs!
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?
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.
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.
As a taxpayer I’m funding the Navy so it seems they’re looking out for my interests.
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. . .
Call it Team Seal Z and I bet you’re OK. Maybe Disney will.
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.
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.
Go Navy!
Why yes, yes I do like men masturbating on flights. Thank you for your suggestion and I will be clicking in due course.
Would they mind releasing Marvel Comics too? I don’t like a Disney-owned Marvel.
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.