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09-19-2015, 05:41 PM | #61 |
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In all the years I have been collecting 12" vintage Joe figures, I have never come across very much information regarding the contributions of Mr. Weston. I know he met with Don Levine at Hasbro to present his idea of a 12" figure.
I would like to have seen his presentation material on it. As far as I know, Hasbro didn't even have a name for the 12" figure until later in development. Original concepts were given names like Rocky the Marine and Ace the fighter pilot. I attached a copy of the letter that Stan Weston sent Don Levine back in 1963. I have never seen what he presented to Don and I would love to see that. Maybe this lawsuit will bring that forth. Stan Weston has made quite a contribution to the action figure industry. He developed Captain Action for Ideal toys and worked with Mego to develop the World Greatest Superheroes figure line. He was able to secure a lot of licensing rights for many toy companies.
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09-20-2015, 08:41 PM | #62 |
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It's too bad someone can't get the rights to A Real American Hero and move it to another studio because the only chance we will ever have of a good GI Joe movie is for it to be made by someone other than Paramount. Heck grabbing up the rights somehow also seems our only chance of a cartoon series at this point.
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09-22-2015, 01:29 PM | #63 |
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Call me crazy, but i have a hard time seeing how this holds up when there are probably 1000 executives on this planet that saw the success of barbie for girls and thought that there should be a similar doll for boys.He didnt even come up with the name gi joe, and that name is basically the only thing that can be trademarked and copywritten.
Otherwise, anyone who ever made an articulated toy would have to throw hasbro royalties. Basically, you can copyright and trademark specific names of brands and specific characters associated with it, but you cannot trademark or copyright the idea of a doll or toy that moves. An example would be the ipad. Apple essentially invented the tablet market (amongst several others), but they get no cut or percentage of profits from competitor sales unless theyre specifically licensing specific technology or code to them.
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09-22-2015, 02:19 PM | #64 |
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Maybe fans can claim the G.I. Joe movie rights from Paramount on the basis of the constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
This link says the copyright reclamation can be requested after 56 years, so even if Weston was successful, Hasbro would still have it all for 5 more years. Copyright Termination (Copyright Licenses and Assignments: Termination of Licenses, Reversion*Rights, Copyright Recapture, Terminating Copyright Assignments, Literary Estates, Author's Heirs) Should Hasbro also be worried about losing the brand name to whoever owns the rights to the 1945 movie Story of G.I. Joe (appears to be M.G.M.)? Since Hasbro didn't invent the term, they might be able to claim exclusive use of it in the toy market, but someone else used it as a movie title before them. Story of G.I. Joe (1945) - IMDb |
09-23-2015, 07:38 AM | #65 |
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Hopefully Hasbro loses the property and it ends up being sold to a company that gives a shit about the property's fans .
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09-23-2015, 08:01 AM | #66 |
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