THE BOOK OF BOBA FETT Rumored To Feature The Live-Action Debut Of Cad Bane

@VictorAlonzo - ...You do know that "Bane" is just a word, right? DC doesn't have sole ownership over those four letters such that anyone who puts them into that order owes them money.

Star Wars also has a Darth Bane (no relation to Cad) that... now that I'm thinking about it does actually look sort of like a negative-image version of DC's Bane...





Okay, maybe it doesn't look like DC's Bane as much as I thought it did. Just a little with the KISS makeup around the eyes.

But the point is: DC's rights to Bane are restricted to trademark (assuming they have registered it) and copyright (in which all of Bane's distinctive characteristics as a character are considered).

The easiest test to prove a violation a trademark in this case would probably be for WB to prove that a Cad Bane toy on a shelf could be mistaken for a Bane toy on a shelf by a casual consumer. But because Cad Bane toys are very prominently marked "Star Wars" and DC's Bane toys typically have "DC" or "Batman" logos on it, that confusion is unlikely.





You'll notice that both Bane™ and Cad Bane™ are trademarked here. So, clearly the trademark office has no problem with the similarity.

On the copyright side, it's a much harder lift. In order to prove something is a ripoff, you'd have to convince a judge that a Duros bountyhunter best known for using a jetpack and blasters essentially the same as a juiced-up Central American wrestler best known for his bulging muscle rampages. There's not actually a lot of similarity there (beyond red eyes, I guess).

Look, there have been worse lawsuits based on far shakier ground, but considering that Cad Bane has been a thing for 12 years without a problem, I don't see WB raising a stink now.

@Origame - 😂😂😂

@JFerguson - Michael K. Williams is just too great to bury under make-up. What about Jolee Bindo in an Old Republic series, though?

@JFerguson - Sam Elliot

@Ha1frican - You should...maybe watch the Bad Batch.

@TheWalkingCuban - I mean, it's more likely they just took the words "cad" and "bane" and made a name out of it.