So wait, is “Lord of” anything a violation of the copyright or is it just words that rhyme with “rings”?
Either way it seems pretty ridiculous.Michael flatley is fucked!
Simple, just rename the food truck Return of the Wing
Lawd of the Wings
The funny thing is Lord if the Rings is actually public domain in New Zealand as of January this year.
What about “Lord of the Fries”? If that one doesn’t get shutdown then neither should this one.
Time to rename to “Token Wings” after the Token Ring network topology.
They probably want to, but it’s not their turn to ask yet.
Satire isn’t protected in New Zealand?
Don’t have much knowledge of NZ laws, but they certainly have a vested interest in keeping the Tolkien estate happy. Whether they have prior laws to support that, or there was pressure from the top in this case, it tracks that the lawsuit ended like this.
I don’t think a food truck counts as satire. Satire is like the “Bored of the Rings” Lampoon book from the '70s, it actually had something to say regarding the material it was satirical of.
I may be underestimating the satirical capacity of a food truck, or maybe the legal definition of satire in NZ, but to me it’s just a cheeky name.
Ehhh…I could see this if it was book or reading related or if they are using a Wizard or the like eating wings in their logo.
But otherwise this is a far stretch.
That’s a great chicken truck name!
I want to say this was an obvious outcome. But I guess it is an unrelated industry. However I don’t buy that you come up with lord of the wings and think that it’s so original and so unrelated and so obviously has to do wth lordship and royalty.
