Disney Seeks Seal Team 6 Trademark

Feuer Frei! · 05-17-11, 10:17 AM

Disney has filed an application to trademark the name of the U.S. commando unit credited with dispatching Osama bin Laden. The paperwork filed this week at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office puts The Walt Disney Company subsidiary Disney Enterprises on track to potentially start turning out toys and games labeled SEAL Team 6, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel said Saturday.

SEAL Team 6 has not appeared in public since its mission into Pakistan; however, Disney listed ideas such as Christmas tree ornaments, video games and snow globes as possible uses for the name.
The Sentinel said there actually is precedent for a civilian company obtaining the trademark rights to a Navy SEAL Team. A company called NovaLogic had the rights to SEAL Team 6 previously but abandoned it in 2006.

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NovaLogic eh? And Snow Globes?

kraznyi_oktjabr · 05-17-11, 10:30 AM

Ridiculous... I thought that U.S. gov would automatically own trademarks in this kind of cases.

AVGWarhawk · 05-17-11, 10:49 AM

Can't wait for the theme ride complete with highpowered weapons and flash bangs!

Ducimus · 05-17-11, 11:04 AM

What a blatant attempt at being money grubbin' bastards. Trying to cash in on this, in my opinion, is highly unethical. To say the least.

Spoon 11th · 05-17-11, 11:13 AM

The original motto of the team was: WGMATATS = "We get more ass than a toilet seat".

Looking forward to those disney toilets.

Alex · 05-17-11, 11:29 AM

@ Ducimus : I must admit I don't agree with you all the time, but I do here. Poor you...

TLAM Strike · 05-17-11, 11:34 AM

There was a time when the Walt Disney Company tried to help American war effort, making instructional cartoons etc during WWII. Now they are just war profiteers.

FU Disney...

Blood_splat · 05-17-11, 12:29 PM

krashkart · 05-17-11, 03:56 PM

Sweet.

I can see it now:

Seal Team 6 - Capturing Nemo

the_tyrant · 05-17-11, 04:20 PM

speaking of novalogic,
WHERE IS MY DELTA FORCE: ANGEL FALLS

Dowly · 05-17-11, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by the_tyrant

speaking of novalogic,
WHERE IS MY DELTA FORCE: ANGEL FALLS

They're doing a new one?? That should go well, seeing that after Land Warrior the series has gone from good to bad to terrible.

Penguin · 05-17-11, 05:05 PM

Shame on Disney for trying to trademark troops that belong to the citizens of the U.S., not to a company.

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

There was a time when the Walt Disney Company tried to help American war effort, making instructional cartoons etc during WWII. Now they are just war profiteers.

Not to forget the one and only Oscar Donald Duck ever won: for "Der Führer's Face" in 1942.
I think the best (and most grim) Disney war toon was "Education For Death" - a really great effort to show the American public and soldiers how people in Nazi Germany were raised.

Ducimus · 05-17-11, 05:27 PM

Pretty sure you can still find both of those on youtube. Disney pulls them down, but somebody keeps putting them back up.

Alex · 05-17-11, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Penguin

I think the best (and most grim) Disney war toon was "Education For Death" - a really great effort to show the American public and soldiers how people in Nazi Germany were raised.

On my "to watch" list.

Platapus · 05-17-11, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

There was a time when the Walt Disney Company tried to help American war effort, making instructional cartoons etc during WWII.

And they were well paid for it too. Disney has always been a for profit company and their focus has always been on profit.

05-17-11, 10:17 AM	#1
Feuer Frei! Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Valhalla Posts: 5,295 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 17	Disney Seeks Seal Team 6 Trademark Disney has filed an application to trademark the name of the U.S. commando unit credited with dispatching Osama bin Laden. The paperwork filed this week at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office puts The Walt Disney Company subsidiary Disney Enterprises on track to potentially start turning out toys and games labeled SEAL Team 6, the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel said Saturday. SEAL Team 6 has not appeared in public since its mission into Pakistan; however, Disney listed ideas such as Christmas tree ornaments, video games and snow globes as possible uses for the name. The Sentinel said there actually is precedent for a civilian company obtaining the trademark rights to a Navy SEAL Team. A company called NovaLogic had the rights to SEAL Team 6 previously but abandoned it in 2006. SOURCE NovaLogic eh? And Snow Globes? __________________ "History is the lies that the victors agree on"- Napoleon LINK TO MY SH 3 MODS

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kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Ridiculous... I thought that U.S. gov would automatically own trademarks in this kind of cases. __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,255 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	Can't wait for the theme ride complete with highpowered weapons and flash bangs! __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	There was a time when the Walt Disney Company tried to help American war effort, making instructional cartoons etc during WWII. Now they are just war profiteers. FU Disney... __________________

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	What a blatant attempt at being money grubbin' bastards. Trying to cash in on this, in my opinion, is highly unethical. To say the least.

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Spoon 11th Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Finland Posts: 689 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The original motto of the team was: WGMATATS = "We get more ass than a toilet seat". Looking forward to those disney toilets.

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krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	Sweet. I can see it now: Seal Team 6 - Capturing Nemo __________________ sent from my fingertips using a cheap keyboard

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the_tyrant Admiral Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Canada Posts: 2,272 Downloads: 58 Uploads: 0	speaking of novalogic, WHERE IS MY DELTA FORCE: ANGEL FALLS

05-17-11, 05:27 PM	#13
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Pretty sure you can still find both of those on youtube. Disney pulls them down, but somebody keeps putting them back up.