Friday, February 18, 2011

Honda Sued over Godzilla Copyright Infringement on Odyssey Commerical [with Video]


It seems that the movie monster Godzilla is not only a threat on the silver screen, but in real life too. And if you�re wondering, no, it hasn�t actually come out of the ocean to wreak havoc on the Japanese shoreline. However, Honda could end up paying a...sea of money to Toho Co., the Japanese film studio that owns the rights to the Godzilla trademark, due to the allegedly unauthorized use of the sea monster�s likeness in an Odyssey minivan commercial.

The dispute concerns the part of the commercial showing off the MPV�s split screen entertainment system, which features a barely visible head shot of the mythological creature -no, really.

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