WANDAVISION: Hong Kong's The Wanda Group Challenges Marvel Over "WandaVision" Trademark

WANDAVISION: Hong Kong's The Wanda Group Challenges Marvel Over "WandaVision" Trademark

Disney and Marvel obviously want to trademark "WandaVision" ahead of the show's December debut on Disney+, but they've now run into some difficulties courtesy of Hong Kong's The Wanda Group. Check it out!

By JoshWilding - Jun 05, 2020 10:06 AM EST
Filed Under: WandaVision
Source: Bleeding Cool

WandaVision is currently set to premiere on Disney+ this December, and with reshoots taking place next month, it really does feel like the Marvel Studios movie will be released as planned. 

Little is known about the series at this point, of course, but Elizabeth Olsen (Scarlet Witch) and Paul Bettany (Vision) are set to be joined by a cast made up of names like Teyonah Parris (Monica Rambeau), Kat Dennings (Darcy), Randall Park (Agent Jimmy Woo), and Kathryn Hahn.

However, Disney has just hit an unexpected bump in the road after Marvel attempted to trademark "WandaVision." Hong Kong's The Wanda Group is now challenging the US trademarking of the word.

As Bleeding Cool shares, "The Wanda Group Ltd has been given an extension by the US government to challenge Marvel over the Wandavision trademark. The Wanda Group have registered trademarks for Wanda in many areas, but the ones they are challenging Marvel over include..."

We won't put the full list here, but among the hundreds of items named are action figures, balloons, fishing rods, snow globes, video game consoles, inflatable swimming pools, and water slides. 

It's a random collection of items, but the norm when a company like this tries to cover all the bases. We don't know what, if any, sort of impact this will have on WandaVision, but it's unlikely to lead to a name change or anything similar. Plus, it seems Marvel has more rights to the name. 

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mastakilla39
mastakilla39 - 6/5/2020, 10:05 AM
Bob will sort it out
DioFurrrio
DioFurrrio - 6/5/2020, 11:39 PM
@mastakilla39 - Is this from the set of the live action Winnie the Pooh?
L0RDbuckethead
L0RDbuckethead - 6/6/2020, 12:59 AM
@DioFurrrio - concept art:

DioFurrrio
DioFurrrio - 6/6/2020, 9:07 AM
@L0RDbuckethead - LOL!
Kumkani
Kumkani - 6/5/2020, 10:07 AM
But do they have anything called WandaVision or similar?
Origame
Origame - 6/5/2020, 10:40 AM
@Necropolitan - yeah. Its not like they're trying to trademark wanda, something they wouldn't be able to do anyway.
Chewtoy
Chewtoy - 6/5/2020, 11:15 AM
@Origame - If you can trademark “Apple”, you can trademark “Wanda”... but you actually have to be specific enough about what your product is to be able to protect it.
Origame
Origame - 6/5/2020, 11:25 AM
@Chewtoy - if its specific in whats sold then the wanda group still doesnt have a leg to stand on. They arent selling a show, let alone a superhero show.
Doomsday8888
Doomsday8888 - 6/5/2020, 10:07 AM
Reeds2Much
Reeds2Much - 6/5/2020, 10:07 AM
You can mark a title, not a name (Which is why you can call Billy Batson Captain Marvel, just not on the cover of a book) so the group might have a case over the show's name but they're not going to get any real traction for video games, toys, balloons, etc etc.
Kadara
Kadara - 6/5/2020, 10:12 AM
Now they're stealing intellectual properties before they are even created LMAO!!
PantherKing
PantherKing - 6/5/2020, 10:15 AM
GhostDog
GhostDog - 6/5/2020, 10:15 AM
The Wanda Group Ltd:



Disney:
TheGuillotine
TheGuillotine - 6/5/2020, 10:16 AM
The mere gal of China taking an American company to court over copyright is laughable to me considering their total neglect for copyright law in that country.
TheUnworthyThor
TheUnworthyThor - 6/5/2020, 10:16 AM
Trademarks are weird.
Kman
Kman - 6/5/2020, 10:19 AM
lol weird
Moriakum
Moriakum - 6/5/2020, 10:26 AM
Disney right now:

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