Now the yanks own our heritage
 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-17350103

Local pub to me, hardly a threat to some california company.

Oh, and they are also going after a sarnie bar in Tolkeins home turf.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england...ngham-15825960


Just because they have no history of their own, no reason to pinch every one else's

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Sometimes, I really wish the Americans would just sod off and leave everyone alone. Who the hell do thy think they are? (disclaimer...this is not aimed at individuals, just the system and those that seem to run it who appear to suffering from some sort of megalomania).

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ahhhh, but how long have they had the rights. the pub has been called the Hobbit for 20+ years so the yanks can go 0898 dooone. just like the fekwits mcdonalds who tried to shut down a cafe in scotland called mcdonalds yes the cafe won as the clan mcdonald said that technically mcdonalds had no right to use their name....

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Disgusting. I sincerely hope there's a way that SZC can lose a big pile of money fighting an utterly pointless court case.

Re: Now the yanks own our heritage
 

i thought the hobbit was going bust anyway. The brook is much better

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Yea, I like the brook. Do they let you youngsters in there?

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The first one I can sort of understand, as they're using the likenesses of the actual stars on all their material!

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It sucks tbh.

The pub can use the name, just not references to the film, which I agree with tbh.

Somebody in the brum cafe thing is telling fibs, this was reported last year on local news, more than 6 months ago which is when the new owner claims she bought it with no knowledge of the issues.


As with the pub, the name in itself isn't a problem, it's using characters and references that they are moaning about, this is correct IMO.

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somebody should tell the americans to go around changing their town names as they bear remarkable resemblance to UK towns and cities...bah and another thing ma'am, whats the deal with extradition of people and extending your laws past your geographical jurisdiction? grrrrr

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Youngsters with taste ;)

The brook and the George in fairoak are the two main band pubs I got to, the hobbit is just to weird