Harmony Gold Sues Hasbro for Copyright Infringement

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Harmony Gold U.S.A. Inc. has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Hasbro, Inc. seeking an injunction against Hasbro’s continued sale of the “G.I. Joe and the Transformers … The Epic Conclusion” boxed toy, specifically because the toy set includes a G.I. Joe Skystriker toy which Harmony Gold asserts bears a too-close resemblance to its trademarked Robotech Veritech Fighter VF-1 concept. Hasbro’s G.I. Joe Skystriker is a jet fighter plane featuring a paint scheme that evokes the Transformers character Jetfire. Hasbro does own the legal right to the Jetfire character and its imagery, which is originally based on the Macross VF-1 Valkyrie design that appears in Robotech.

Source: Anime News Network

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