If you thought Deadmau5 was the only one facing legal troubles with Disney in the past few years, ID&T’s flagship festival Tomorrowland has also encountered legal issues, when it first declared its initial expansion to the United States. It seems the Walt Disney Company owns the trademark to Tomorrowland throughout the U.S, the festival promoter was thereby forced to change the festival from Tomorrowland to TomorrowWorld for the the American version.
Following the upcoming release of Disney’s new movie Tomorrowland: A World Beyond, starring George Clooney and Hugh Laurie; ID&T has decided to fight back. ID&T happen to own the rights to Tomorrowland in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands, and they’ve decided to block Disney from releasing this feature in these countries. Trademark attorney Sharon Daboul explained the situation to the Belfast Telegraph. She said,
“Disney has a trademark registration in the USA for the term Tomorrowland, dating back to 1970. With this registration, it was successfully able to prevent the music festival from calling itself Tomorrowland when it launched in the USA. However, the music festival has the rights to the term in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg and has prevented Disney from using the name in these countries.”
We’ll keep you updated on this and more soon enough!
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