Pablo Escobar’s Brother Now Also Fails To Get EU Trademark On His Brother’s Name
from the trademark-is-a-hell-of-a-law dept
Roberto Escobar appears to want to keep banging his head against this particular brick wall for some reason. Roberto, brother to infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar, has been trying to assert trademark and other rights to his brother’s name for years now. It started in Columbia, in which the country flat out refused to grant him the mark out of concern that the public would not be served by any commerce occurring using that name, given its history. Then he tried to extort a billion dollars out of Netflix over the show Narcos under the novel theory that his relationship with his brother and his distaste for the creative license used within the show. That ended up in an undisclosed settlement.
And now Roberto has failed once more, this time in his attempt to secure a trademark for his brother’s name in the EU.
The General Court of the European Court of Justice denied an appeal from Roberto Escobar, the brother of the late Medellín Cartel leader, who asked the Luxembourg-based court to overturn a rejection from the EU’s trademark office to protect the name “Pablo Escobar.”
Consumers would “associate the name of Pablo Escobar with drug trafficking and narco-terrorism and with the crimes and suffering resulting therefrom,” the court wrote.
The board went on to remind Roberto, who really shouldn’t need to be reminded, that the body count his brother rung up is at least in the triple digits and that he is also most famous for his work as a narcotics kingpin. Roberto, laughably, claimed that denying the trademark due to his brother’s involvement in the drug trade was not valid since Pablo had never been convicted of any crimes specifically on the drugs side of things. Roberto also acknowledges having worked for, and going to jail for, being a member of the Medellin Cartel. Pretending like any of this hinges on the technicality over what specifically Pablo was convicted of is hilarious.
Look, this is a money-grab, and one that Roberto has been working on long before his brother found himself with an extra hole in his head on a rooftop in Columbia.
Prior to his brother’s death in a police raid in 1993, Roberto Escobar had already sought to capitalize on the family name. He registered a company in Colombia in 1984 and has brought legal action against companies that have referenced Escobar.
Pending any appeal in the EU courts, it appears Roberto has racked up another loss with this latest attempt to capitalize on his infamous brother’s name.
Filed Under: eu, pablo escobar, roberto escobar, trademark
Comments on “Pablo Escobar’s Brother Now Also Fails To Get EU Trademark On His Brother’s Name”
'When you think 'Escobar' think- actually never mind.'
Most people, upon having one of their immediate relatives turn out to be a mass-murdering head of a criminal organization would probably try to downplay or ignore the relation, but I guess Roberto Escobar is either shameless, greedy and/or desperate enough for cash that he’s decided to full on embrace the name and act like there’s nothing wrong with it.
Sadly for him it would appear that courts across the globe are not so quick to forget and aren’t too keen on slapping their approval on such a tainted legacy.
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Can I suggest all of the above!
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Hey, when I hit preview it included the subject from OP, but when I posted the comment the subject disappeared.
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Well: Drug cartel. Bullshit IP is probably less bloody, but still an easy (not real work) way to make money or control something which adds nothing good to societ or the economy. Seems like he’s operating in the same general zone.
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The difference between copyright maximalists and drug cartels is that one of them is legal crime.
No, it isn’t the CIA-backed drug cartel.
Would this trademark benefit a drug addict in a hurry?
Petty spelling issues
Sorry to be the one to bring this up, but it is a pet peeve. Colombia, the country, is not spelled the same way Columbia, the university, is spelled. One of those places is a violent hell-hole filled with wild gangs of lost young people. The other place grows great coffee.
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Couldn’t resist the petty political issue?
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Characterizing the ongoing deaths of children in schools as a “petty political issue” says a fuckton more about you than about them, fam.
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huh??
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Someone can’t read or is an asshole.
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I cannot resist the urge to make a stupid, sarcastic statement that leans in to silly stereotypes. For the record, I think the kids are all right.
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i assumed this was the case, given your history here, but i guess i appreciate the clarification anyway. People can be surprising.
You can’t get a copyright on the essence of Pablo Escobar.
Why?
Because you can’t copyright mass murder, forcing 6yr olds into prostitution, gang rape, torture or paedophilia.
Christ what an asshole
He’s not the only shit bird trying make spurious copyright claims when they should know better. Just because Trump could shoot someone on Wall Street and the US Supreme Court would bless it doesn’t bullshit copyright suits should be tolerated
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