Film company Disney’s Lucasfilm, founded by Director of the classic “Star wars” by George Lucas, has filed a lawsuit against a very unusual opponent. The rival company – a 45-year-old Michael brown, founder of the so-called “schools of the Jedi” called Lightsaber Academy (Academy lightsaber), in which he teaches everyone “practices Judaism”.
The Empire strikes back: Disney is suing the “School of the Jedi”
According to company representatives, Michael brown is accused of unauthorized use of trademarks Lucasfilm. Moreover, the “master” as the project logo uses the symbol, virtually identical to the mark of the Jedi from the universe of “Star wars”. Lawyers say that if the fault of the brown to be proven in court, Lucasfilm will receive $ 2 million compensation for each case of copyright infringement. By the way, institutions Lightsaber Academy based in new York and Florida.
Participants of the training Lightsaber Academy
Brown himself has repeatedly called himself the most devoted fan of “Star wars” and claimed that in 1977 I watched the episode “a New hope” as many as 32 times. In 2005, he took the pseudonym Flynn Michael and began to teach everyone the use of Force to life in an American metropolis. According to him, these skills help cope with stress at work and not lose my temper in crowded bars and subway cars.
“Star wars: Episode IV – a New hope”. Trailer
