Settlement Reached in Wyrd Sisters Legal Battle Against WB
Legal
Posted by: Edward
March 28, 2010, 02:13 PM
The Toronto Sun is reporting the lawsuit filed by Canadain folk band The Wyrd Sisters against Warner Bros. has been quietly settled. Details of the settlement have not been disclosed, for both parties are "subject to a confidentiality clause that prevents either side from revealing what, if any, money has changed hands." As readers will recall, this settlement concludes a five-year long legal battle originated in mid-2005 when the band filed suit against WB claiming the use of the name "The Weird Sisters," which was never used in the "Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire" film, harmed their reputation. Following a ruling on the original trademark infringement lawsuit, the band was ordered to pay a judgement of $140,000 to WB for various legal fees.
58 Comments
1972 Points
Very weird. I mean the movie didn’t even mention! the name if i’m correct so I don’t understand why they are suing WB. I mean it would of made a lil bit more sense if it was J.K. Rowling since the name is in the book, but still there is only so many words to put together names of books, bands, movies, before it starts becoming repetitive.
27 Points
Well then. I sincerely hope this band (that I’ve never heard of) pays restitution to the estates of William Shakespeare and Raphael Holinshed, who actually originated the phrase “Weird Sisters.” What a bunch of greedy creeps – I hope WB didn’t have to pay out.
The thing I always thought was so odd about this particular case was that “The Weird Sisters” comes from Macbeth, for Pete’s sake. It’s Shakespearean, not an original label – completely in the public domain. Why they even thought they had a chance – or that being associated with one of the most popular book series in modern times was a bad thing – is beyond me.
298 Points
Gosh, these people! Grrr.
16321 Points
This has to go down as one of the stupidist lawsuits ever.
3417 Points
weird. no pun intended. idk why they think it would hurt thier reputation! i woule be honoured!
977 Points
people can be so weird sometimes!!!
4208 Points
The Wyrd sisters should have checked if their name was mentioned in the movie before starting a lawsuit!
300 Points
I have a cousin named Harry. I think we may sue WB for using his name for main character : )
125 Points
omg this is insanely stupid. The Weird Sisters aren’t harming their reputation, this lawsuit is.
4881 Points
Stupid people.. they’ll do anything for money or extra publicity.
3465 Points
Somewhere in the ether, William Shakespeare is shaking his ghostly fist and saying, “A plague on both your houses! Where’s my money?!?!”
510 Points
I don’t understand why WB settled with them at all. These people were clearly crazy because their suit had absolutely no merit what so ever especially considering that the name “The Weird Sisters” was never even used in the films at all in the first place so it can’t possibly have “harmed” their so called “reputation”. I guess maybe WB was just tired of dealing with these morons. I still can’t believe those idiots kept this ridiculous argument up for 5 years to begin with.
276 Points
Weird. The band in the movie was a good opportunity, so why wouldn’t they want to be associated by proxy with the movie band’s name?
Very weird. I mean the movie didn’t even mention! the name if i’m correct so I don’t understand why they are suing WB. I mean it would of made a lil bit more sense if it was J.K. Rowling since the name is in the book, but still there is only so many words to put together names of books, bands, movies, before it starts becoming repetitive.