Lucas Unleashes the Lawyers on Lightsaber Laser Maker

[Jared]

Awww. Thats a real shame...well, I suppose something are too good to be true

 

[Ironic Pirate]

But George Lucas has more money then God, couldn't he just buy the whole company?

 

[AgDr_ODST]

good riddance to(potentially) dangerous shit. Thiers no need for a laser that strong in the hands of anyone potentially dumb enough that the might blind or burn someone. Though I must say the catching things on fire bit appeals to my inner Pyromaniac

 

[gl1koz3]

I think suing the is the best thing to do.Those "swords" in the hands of the public could be fucking dangerous.And I believe that those "swords" should be publicly tested first.Like how they work in a community.

"[...] how they work in a community."

ROFL.

 

[Enigmers]

Lucas should have just bought that company and branded their lightsabers with the Star Wars brand of approval.

 

[xmbts]

What gets me is that they "Strongly discourage people from buying it" which is a lie considering they made it, they made it available to the general public and on top of that made it resemble a lightsaber so that Starwars fans would buy it.

 

[The Lunatic]

To be honest. I thought it looked more like a Sonic Screw driver.

 

[Lawyer105]

Lucasarts is taking this a little too seriously... it's not like anyone actually believes they're related.

You would be surprised at what people will believe. Besides which Lucasarts does have to defend its trademarks if they don't want to lose them. They also have to act to protect themselves from litigation should anyone purchase one and harm themselves or others with it.

1) There is no possible way that somebody could sue Lucasarts because they bought one of these things (after signing that they're aware of the dangers), from another company (that is competely unrelated to LA) and violating the items user manual / tech guide (whatever it is that tells you what not to do).

2) Having a tube with some bits on doesn't automatically make something a lightsaber - so there's not necessarily anything to violate copyright. Next thing, Lucasarts is going to try suing a dude that made a pipe bomb (http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d188/avdezign/Camouflage/Pipe-1.jpg) or whoever created the Gorun Nova (http://kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Gorun_Nova). It's a nonsense, and we all know it.

 

[Canid117]

Sorry Lucas Film but they built an actual lightsaber while you were busy laughing in the faces of your story editors and telling them to squeal like a pig. Even if the courts side with you, I side with the chinese company that made a lightsaber esqe death ray.

 

[HandsomeJack]

"Light-Sabers" were in sci-fi before Lucas....so should authors of the genre be sueing him when he is done sueing Wicked Lasers? If you are going to sue because someone "copied your idea" at least have that idea be one of your origional ideas.

 

[darkknight9]

hearing words like "highly dangerous" and "cause serious injury" just makes me want one even more.

Ditto.

 

[Me55enger]

"As Wicked Lasers itself admits, this product can cause serious injury to the user and other people," he added. "We strongly discourage consumers from purchasing it."

Wait... What?

 

[AceAngel]

Lucas does have the right you know...generally, people will blame them for their kids buying one and swinging it.

 

[Blueruler182]

Alright! Lets make one in the shape of a gun instead. That'll blow over a lot better.

 

[DarkPanda XIII]

That is just pathetic.

What crime has Wicked Lasers commited?
I highly doubt that Lucasfilm has the copyright on every kind of light sabers design.

If that's so, think about it this way, they got the rights to anything cylindrical that has a sort of design that sprouts something at one end is copyright of Lucasfilms?? o.o

 

[Bloodstain]

lucasfilm twits. if this product goes of market b4 i can purchase it i'm going to be so pissed

That's what I am thinking.

 

[Brandon237]

How the Funkerknuckle does this affect Lucas Film? Surely this will just create greater interest in Star Wars? Are Lucas Film paranoid? Was that a rhetorical question?

 

[Jamash]

Does a cease-and-desist letter work in China?

I would have thought that if Western companies could just order Chinese businesses to stop infringing on their copyrights and whatnot, then they would have put a stop to all the Chinese videogame and movie piracy long ago.

I think they'd stand a better chance at stopping this if George Lucas just phoned them up and said: "These are not the Lightsaber handles you are looking for".