Damned Lawyers

[Minimalist]

http://www.rawstory.com/2016/07/comedy-c...e-or-name/

Comedy Central sues Stephen Colbert for playing himself on CBS: I do ‘not own my face or name’

After Stephen Colbert did a version of “The Word” for his “Late Show” audience, the attorneys at Comedy Central contacted CBS to claim that they own the intellectual property of “Stephen Colbert,” the character.

Of course Stephen found a way to fight back!

[vorlon13]

I wonder if a third party might file a (LOL, nuisance) claim the CBS attorneys are their intellectual property and get a restraining order on them from harassing Colbert (and everything else they are doing) ?

I'm sure the attorneys have never filed any paperwork asserting their own ownership of their own "intellectual property" so it is low hanging fruit, ripe for the taking . . .

[Angrboda]

Haha! That's funny.