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6-year-old girl denied passport because she’s named after ‘Game of Thrones’ character (nypost.com)

submitted 2 months ago by MrJameGumb to c/nottheonion

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Aren't they aware that the TV series is based on a book series..? If anyone owns the name it'd be George R.R. Martin...

[–] candybrie 11 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Did he trademark it? Did he sign that away when HBO did the TV series?

Not that it matters for a passport. But it's entirely likely a media company owns the trademark for a book character rather than the author.

[–] Cort 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think it would be more likely that grrm licensed the trademark and IP to HBO/Discovery rather than sell it. But I don't actually know

[–] candybrie 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

https://trademarks.ipo.gov.uk/ipo-tmcase/page/Results/1/UK00917519208

HBO owns it in the UK. Weirdly, I couldn't find an active entry in the US database.

[–] Cort 8 points 2 months ago

Thanks for actually doing the research.