Britain Court Rules Name Change to "Glee"

[AKarp2013]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to "Glee"#1

Posted: 7/21/14 at 11:33am

Uhh...

[Jordan Catalano]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #2

Posted: 7/21/14 at 11:46am

They should just take it off the air and not worry about it.

[Wynbish]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #2

Posted: 7/21/14 at 11:48am

Can it be called "SH*Te"?

[Jordan Catalano]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #3

Posted: 7/21/14 at 11:50am

Lea Michele's SH*Te.

Like Lee Daniel's The Butler. But more specific.

[haterobics]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #4

Posted: 7/21/14 at 11:55am

Fox will just appeal this until the show ends, and then it will be too late to matter. I mean, how many years has the show been running for this to come up now?!

[Wynbish]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #5

Posted: 7/21/14 at 11:56am

And then, all the fans would have that revelatory epiphany we all know they should have: They love Lea Michele's SH*Te.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #6

Posted: 7/21/14 at 12:03pm

Change it from Glee.

[Gothampc]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #7

Posted: 7/21/14 at 12:26pm

Publicity Stunt from the David Merrick book of How To Sell A Show

If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.

[Patash]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #8

Posted: 7/21/14 at 12:41pm

This seems so bogus. The comedy club chain isn't even called "Glee" It's called "The Glee Club". Surely the high court is next going to ban any productions of Caberet! Surely there are a number of clubs with "Cabaret" within their names. NO?

[Mr. Nowack]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #9

Posted: 7/21/14 at 2:43pm

Surely they can't hold that strict of a copyright on the phrase "Glee Club." And the show isn't even called that.

Possibly the dumbest story related to this show to date.

Keeping BroadwayWorld Illustrated

[Islander_fan]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #10

Posted: 7/21/14 at 3:21pm

I was going to say that I was unsure of what the copyright law is in England over this, knowing that you can't copyright a name in the US. It's the same thing, there as it is here. A logo is a thing that you can copyright, however, a name is not. How this got sent to a high level judge in something that's beyond me.

[EricMontreal22]

Britain Court Rules Name Change to #11

Posted: 7/21/14 at 3:34pm

If they have to, I'm sure they could simply add another word or something to the title card in the UK and that would be it. I mean House aired there as Dr House, MD, or something just to clarify what it was about and that didn't exactly cost them millions to change.