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by adambyrtek 5553 days ago
> As far as names matching a character in a movie, I think it would be very difficult to make a suit out of this.

You would be very surprised:

'Some controversy has risen in Germany, where Albert Uderzo's own publishing company, Les Éditions Albert René, is claiming in court that certain IT companies whose name end in "ix" (not unnatural in companies who work with Unix) are damaging his brands "Asterix" and "Obelix".'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Uderzo#Lawsuits_in_Germa...