Apart from Rugby I'm not that keen on sport so I almost missed this in an online (Yahoo) sport section:
Liga giants Valencia getting sued by Batman
The US-based comic book giant has reportedly filed a complaint with the OHIC - the European Union's trademark registration body - to grumble about a new variant of Valencia's logo.
Mind you, if DC comics call the Arsenal lawyers who made a Spanish woman change the name of her hat shop, you never know what might happen...
Here's
today's selection of stuff - kicking off with a lawsuit being brought
by none other than the Dark Knight himself (well, sort of).
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Liga giants Valencia getting sued by Batman
Okay,
so it's not exactly Batman himself who's been on the phone to his
lawyers. And he hasn't even got Alfred to call them on his behalf.
But
Batman creators DC Comics are apparently in a legal dispute with
Valencia about the fact that the club has a bat as part of its logo -
that's according to Spanish news website Plaza Deportiva, which reports in delighted tones that " a powerful new enemy has emerged for Valencia CF".
Considering
that the image of a bat has been commonly used in Spanish heraldry
since the 13th century, and that Valencia have used bats in their club
logos since 1919 (20-odd years before Batman existed), we'd say that
it'll need a lawyer with genuine superpowers if they're to prove their
case.
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