Harmony Gold files lawsuit over SDCC Jetfire

[DELTAprime]

Because Classics Jetfire is not a Valkyrie VF-1S. HasTak very carefully (and cleverly) designed it as an hybrid between a VF-1S and the G1 cartoon/comic design of Jetfire/Skyfire. It bears a vague resemblance to those designs, but doesn't actually look like either one.

A GI Joe Skystriker isn't a Valkyrie either, yet they are suing on one but not the other. They both look like Robotech jets.

[drifand]

Just say it was based on a F14 Tomcat, and see what HG will do.

[dirge]

Just say it was based on a F14 Tomcat, and see what HG will do.

Sue Grumman for IP infringement?

While they're at it they can try their hand at suing the US Navy & Iranian Air Force who were Grumman's F14 customers. See how that goes for them

[GoktimusPrime]

And then there's this

[drifand]

but is he in prison? If he is surely some nut job is doing the movie for him to pay off debt. lol

[Sinnertwin]

but is he in prison? If he is surely some nut job is doing the movie for him to pay off debt. lol

No, I'm pretty sure he's suing his accountant...

[Zommael]

A GI Joe Skystriker isn't a Valkyrie either, yet they are suing on one but not the other. They both look like Robotech jets.

And I'd imagine that's exactly the sort of argument Hasbro's lawyers will be using. It's pretty much how IP law works.

[drifand]

Could just pick any toy collector and ask to differentiate which is a valk and which is Jetfire.

Probably you find out that it would piss HG more because some expert just starts saying that's not even a valkrie, that HG robotech. A valkrie is from Macross. lol