[fxtentacle]

Oh wow, they sued someone who used his last name as a domain name because they feel like their trademark should allow them to prohibit him from using his family name ... And obviously they registered their trademark after he started using his name.

[wlesieutre]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nissan_Motors_v._Nissan_Comput...

[account42]

Also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_v._MikeRoweSoft

[bugmenow]

Also in France https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milka_contre_Kraft_Foods

[cowsandmilk]

> And obviously they registered their trademark after he started using his name.

Actually, the company’s trademarks are from 2017 and he got his name via marriage in 2020.

Still a stupid suit

[freehorse]

Yes, but they registered it in 2022, which makes the case even more hopeless.

[bitwize]

Prince Rogers Nelson's given name was a registered trademark of Warner Music. It took that whole stunt with him changing his name to Love Symbol #2 to get them to relent.

[fuzztester]

wow.

i didn't know that prince was the same as prince rogers nelson (only vaguely remembered the name prince as a musician from dances at high school), so googled his name:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_(musician)

[runeb]

Curiously, Scipio is also arguably one of the most famous family names from Roman Antiquity.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Africanus