Costume shop threatened with legal action over Oscar statues

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Fri, 26 Mar 2010 7:31p.m.

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The people behind the Academy Awards, the multi-billion dollar movie industry moguls in Hollywood, have sent a pointed and threatening legal letter to a small Auckland costume hire company, warning them not to hire out statues shaped like Oscar.
The people behind the Academy Awards, the multi-billion dollar movie industry moguls in Hollywood, have sent a pointed and threatening legal letter to a small Auckland costume hire company, warning them not to hire out statues shaped like Oscar.
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27 Mar 2010 11:07a.m.

MrMan wrote:

Just change there name don't call them Oscar's or Oscar then they cant do any thing because it doesn't brake any copyright at all. What they are braking is the Trademark of "Oscar" as you can not copyright an object such as a little golden man :/

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