http://comicsworthreading.com/2011/12/30/antarctic-press-agrees-to-restraining-order-over-wimpy-kid-lookalike-zombie-kid/ Independent Opinions on Comics of All Kinds Tue, 21 May 2013 03:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://comicsworthreading.com/2011/12/30/antarctic-press-agrees-to-restraining-order-over-wimpy-kid-lookalike-zombie-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-124208 Johanna Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:58:51 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=23870#comment-124208 It does matter, under trademark law, if the reader is likely to buy your book thinking it’s actually the other one. Also, many parodies are clearly not intended to serve as a replacement for the original, often having different formats. I’m not sure how far the “parody” claim will take Antarctic in terms of covering what they were trying to turn into a series.

]]> http://comicsworthreading.com/2011/12/30/antarctic-press-agrees-to-restraining-order-over-wimpy-kid-lookalike-zombie-kid/comment-page-1/#comment-124207 Steve Horton Fri, 30 Dec 2011 19:53:12 +0000 http://comicsworthreading.com/?p=23870#comment-124207 Huh. I thought parody was protected thanks to Larry Flynt and Jerry Falwell. It doesn’t matter how similar it looks to the original … it’s parody.

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