Bob
11th March 2006, 01:42
File this under: You couldn’t make it up.
The Hell’s Angel Motorcycle Corporation (so much for their status as a “simple motorcycle club”), is suing Buena Vista Pictures – a division of Walt Disney – for infringing on their trademark!
The legal rumble is all over a new film, “Wild Hogs”, a comedy about middle-aged bikers, which is being produced by Buena Vista and starring Tim Allen, John Travolta and Martin Lawrence.
The Angels claim that it it never approved Walt Disney Motion Picture Group's use of its trademark, and that the film studio has repeatedly exploited the Hell's Angels name as well as its trademark design featuring a helmeted, horned and feathered skull while publicizing the "Wild Hogs" movie.
Publicity has repeatedly referred to the film as “A movie about a "group of middle-aged wannabe bikers look(ing) for adventure out on the open road, where they soon encounter a chapter of the Hell's Angels” according to the lawsuit.
A Disney spokesperson was not immediately available for comment. However, expect Pluto to pee on their tyres when no-one is looking and Chip ‘n’ Dale to put nuts up their exhaust pipes…
The Hell’s Angel Motorcycle Corporation (so much for their status as a “simple motorcycle club”), is suing Buena Vista Pictures – a division of Walt Disney – for infringing on their trademark!
The legal rumble is all over a new film, “Wild Hogs”, a comedy about middle-aged bikers, which is being produced by Buena Vista and starring Tim Allen, John Travolta and Martin Lawrence.
The Angels claim that it it never approved Walt Disney Motion Picture Group's use of its trademark, and that the film studio has repeatedly exploited the Hell's Angels name as well as its trademark design featuring a helmeted, horned and feathered skull while publicizing the "Wild Hogs" movie.
Publicity has repeatedly referred to the film as “A movie about a "group of middle-aged wannabe bikers look(ing) for adventure out on the open road, where they soon encounter a chapter of the Hell's Angels” according to the lawsuit.
A Disney spokesperson was not immediately available for comment. However, expect Pluto to pee on their tyres when no-one is looking and Chip ‘n’ Dale to put nuts up their exhaust pipes…