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Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« on: May 13, 2011, 06:23:15 PM »
http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/disney-trademarks-seal-team-6_b35689

Just a couple days after the Bin Laden job.

Suppose they're making a cartoon about seals?

I really don't care if they are... I think they need to fight for the right to the name. >:D
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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #1 on: May 13, 2011, 06:32:22 PM »
Dick Marcinko hasn't already done this?

IIRC "SEAL Team 6" isn't actually the name of the unit.  The Navy has a penchant for long and hard to pronounce acronyms even by military standards.  I think it's actually called "Navy Special Warfare Development Group" or some such. NAVSPECWARDEVGRU just rolls off the tongue.

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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #2 on: May 13, 2011, 06:41:40 PM »
Dick Marcinko hasn't already done this?

IIRC "SEAL Team 6" isn't actually the name of the unit.  The Navy has a penchant for long and hard to pronounce acronyms even by military standards.  I think it's actually called "Navy Special Warfare Development Group" or some such. NAVSPECWARDEVGRU just rolls off the tongue.
Right.  SEAL Team 6 no longer exists.  The current name is DevGru.
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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #3 on: May 13, 2011, 09:08:28 PM »
Trademarks need to be earned, not bought.
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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2011, 12:56:07 AM »
Trademarks need to be earned, not bought.

Well, even here on APS, there are a number of people that do not understand the concept of intellectual property and related theory/law.  The US intellectual property laws need to be drastically overhauled, and Disney is probably the worst offender in making a bad situation worse. 
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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2011, 08:33:00 AM »
Thanks, Disney. Now I will never be able to get the image of a bunch of tactical operators in Mickey Mouse t-shirts rising up out of the surf out of my head...
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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2011, 09:16:13 AM »
Disney, the image of wholesomeness and good, owns Mirimax, which produces mostly R rated movies.....
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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2011, 10:14:55 AM »
The SEALs are the next great profit center.  How else can we get out of the recession? =D
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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2011, 09:43:50 PM »
Disney, the image of wholesomeness and good, owns Mirimax, which produces mostly R rated movies.....


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Re: Disney trademarks "SEAL Team 6"
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2011, 04:21:19 PM »
Thanks, Disney. Now I will never be able to get the image of a bunch of tactical operators in Mickey Mouse t-shirts rising up out of the surf out of my head...
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