Game-maker Sues Lucasfilm over Han Solo Movie

You may have heard of a little movie called Star Wars. If you haven’t, well, I’ve got some movies for you to borrow. The film was released in 1977, and soon spawned a trilogy of movies that are among the most popular film franchises in the world. Fast forward forty years and eight of the nine triple-trilogy movies have been released, along with spin off movies such as Rogue One and the soon-to-be released Solo. However, the new Solo movie has created a spin-off of its own: a lawsuit filed by a U.K. gamemaker claiming that Lucasfilm’s movie and subsequent advertising infringes on his trademark rights in the mark SABACC. The complaint was filed by Ren Ventures (“RV”) and its licensee Sabacc Creative Industries and the main issue involved is which party owns rights in the SABACC name and trademark. From the best I can tell, the name Sabacc was coined by George Lucas (the creator of Star Wars) or one of his co-writers at Lucasfilm. The game is…

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