Also copyright protection is automatically world wide, and trademark protection goes wherever the product does. On the other hand, Steely Dan's name is not exactly original, they took their name from a strap-on dildo in a William S. In the case of Vanilla Ice his abandoned registered trademark in the US would have only covered "Audio and video recordings featuring music and artistic performances T-shirts Entertainment in the nature of live MUSICAL performances by AN INDIVIDUAL ", and not characters in comic books and cartoons. You can't copyright a name and I don't think trademark law would apply because there's no chance a consumer would confuse these very different products. I don't think are there any real copyright or trademark issues that would prevent the names Vanilla Ice or Steely Dan being used in the English localization. But I imagine the translators wanted to avoid any risk of going to court to argue about this, so they voluntarily changed the names. The US fair use laws do list parodies as a protected class of work, so according to what little I know of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and fair use law, it could probably be argued in court that this is a parody and therefore a protected usage. (But even if there was a "Vanilla Thaddeus Ice" living in Gary, Indiana, the kind of money that a major record label used to be able to command could probably convince him to give permission for the trademark.) (So we should really write Vanilla Ice™ and Steely Dan™.) The names have appeared on several CD covers, so that clause is covered and it seems unlikely that the actual name of any living person is "Vanilla Ice" or "Steely Dan". I couldn't find any specific source saying that Vanilla Ice and Steely Dan were trademarked, but it seems likely they are. However, an artist’s name or pseudonym affixed to an original work of art (sculptures, paintings, jewelry), need not show Not merely the artist’s name or the name of the group. Applications seeking to register a nameĪs a service mark must show a use in connection with the service, and The mark appears on at least two different works (e.g., multiple CDĬovers). Register a performer’s name as a trademark must include evidence that In addition to the consent requirement, applications seeking to Living individual must be in the application file. Looks like a person’s name), then a statement that the mark is not a Individual, but could be interpreted as a name (e.g., a band name that
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Use and registration of the name must be included in the applicationįile. Stage name) of any living individual, then the person’s consent to the If the name is an actual name (including a nickname or If the mark appears toīe a person’s name, then there are additional requirements for theĪpplication. Trademark, including a stage name or pseudonym. Sometimes musicians and artists want to register their name as a Don't be like Johnny.I found a page from the US Government's Patent and Trademark Office that explains when a musician can trademark a name. While Ice's character Johnny was surely a dreadful role model for adolescent boys of the time, we present him now for an adult audience, and squarely as an object of ridicule. This may well be the first time its ever been screened in a UK cinema so lets make it a "premier" to remember.Ĭontent warning: without wishing to spoil the "plot", viewers should be advised that Cool As Ice leans on the classic 90s narrative of "man harasses woman until she falls in love with him". Today it stands as a cringe inducing cult classic.Ī heady mix of incomprehensible comic vignettes, gratuitous dance scenes, zany ancillary characters, and footage of Vanilla Ice scowling on the back of a motorbike, is tied together with a vague plot about gangsters and filtered through an eye-popping early 90s aesthetic.Ī critical and commercial disaster it was *too cool* for cinemas, exploding as it did directly into Blockbuster discount bins around the globe. Expect wall-2-wall early 90's bangers a vanilla icing station where you can ice your own buns and of course the definitive motion picture event of 1991: COOL AS ICE!Ĭool As Ice was a cynical attempt to capitalise on the runaway success of Vanilla Ice's debut record "To The Extreme" and catapult him to movie-star status.
Shades, caps and gaudy threads strongly encouraged. Neon Dross welcomes you to a night of Vanilla Ice themed excess.
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