Disney trademark name of the unit who killed bin laden

[<RJMC>]

http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/disney-trademarks-seal-team-6_b35689

In a perfect example of a big media company looking to capitalize on current events, The Walt Disney Company has trademarked “Seal Team 6,” which also happens to be the name of the elite special forces team that killed Osama Bin Laden.

The trademark applications came on May 3rd, two days after the operation that killed Bin Laden… and two days after “Seal Team 6? was included in thousands of news articles and TV programs focusing on the operation.

Disney’s trademark applications for “Seal Team 6? cover clothing, footwear, headwear, toys, games and “entertainment and education services,” among other things.

You can read the actual applications here, here and here.

Of course, for all we know Disney has been working on an animated feature about a team of anthropomorphic seals in search of adventure, but given the timing of the application that seems… unlikely.

lol so what they will do whit that?

mouse of duty: operation abottabad?

black duck down?

goofy of honor?

high school musical army dutyes especial?

 

[lord_raken]

you think the Military would have that name trademarked. Does the NAVY Seals owe Disney money for the patched they give the team?

 

[Acepilotf14]

You'd think it would be impossible to trademark government terms.

 

[Shem]

You'd think it would be impossible for anyone to trademark terms without first the consent of the -- WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT?

 

[GreatEmperor]

Just an application, not a binding trademark. I guess when you have a department dedicated to patents or patent groups on retainer, you patent excessively

 

[[Dragoon]]

Doesn't "SEAL Team 6" not officially exist? The military/government would have to formally acknowledge that it does exist in order to complain about it.

 

[GreatEmperor]

There we go, Walt Disney knows too much. Now we must relocate the whole damn park to Guantanamo Bay

 

[kupocake]

Blatantly a straight to video talking animals flick about an underdog water polo team, you know, like literal seals.

Whatever it is, the trailer will have the sound of a needle being clumsily removed from a record at some point.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

There we go, Walt Disney knows too much. Now we must relocate the whole damn park to Guantanamo Bay

The company, or the man? ...because, you know, the dude's been dead 45+ years.

Seal Team 6 will be used by Dreamworks for a comedy CGI flick about a bunch of wonky animated arctic amphibious mammals... with the best military training the world has to offer, each with person experience killing human beings with their flippers alone.

 

[Remus]

The company, or the man? ...because, you know, the dude's been dead 45+ years.

It was a joke, smarty pants. He meant relocating the entire Disney Land park to Guantanamo.

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

I do consider myself a smarty-pants

 

[GreatEmperor]

I do consider myself a smarty-pants

Not smart enough to think of moving Disney World to Cuba, I did that . It would break the country of communism!

 

[function9]

The company, or the man? ...because, you know, the dude's been dead 45+ years.

Seal Team 6 will be used by Dreamworks for a comedy CGI flick about a bunch of wonky animated arctic amphibious mammals... with the best military training the world has to offer, each with person experience killing human beings with their flippers alone.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was a pack of sharks or killer whales that were their adversaries; trying to kill them and destroy their way of live and all that.

 

[StarBob]

You all know Disney does own more than just a theme park and a some cartoon studios right?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Walt_Disney_Company_subsidiaries

I figure the most likely use of them would be one of their many movie studios...

 

[Maestro]

Why did you have to inject facts (and boredom) into this?

 

[StarBob]

Why did you have to inject facts (and boredom) into this?

If you look around you'd notice, aside from that... the only contributions I make are snide sarcasm. I felt like there was enough here already.

 

[Acepilotf14]

You just did it again!

 

[Bob_Marley]

Doesn't "SEAL Team 6" not officially exist? The military/government would have to formally acknowledge that it does exist in order to complain about it.

Technically SEAL Team 6 are currently known as United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group (aka DEVGRU) and are allegedly going to be given a new, different name in the not too distant future. SEAL Team Six hasn't been used officially for a number of years.