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Nov/12
HOBBIT v AGE OF THE HOBBITS
Producers of The Hobbit sue low-budget film AGE OF THE HOBBITS. One does not simply use the name HOBBIT in a title. Complaint (in two parts) is fun reading. Coverage here.
You know what would be an interesting trademark fact pattern – a documentary about Homo floresiensis.
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