The 'Choose Your Own Adventure' People Are Suing Netflix Over 'Bandersnatch'
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20190117/06253941409/choose-your-own-adventure-people-are-suing-netflix-over-bandersnatch.shtml
As you may have already heard, the latest iteration of the Black Mirror franchise on Netflix, titled Bandersnatch, is an absolute hit. You likely also have heard that it allows the viewer to influence the plot by making choices within the story's many inflection points. And, hey, perhaps you even heard that Netflix is facing legal action by Chooseco LLC, the company behind the "Choose Your Own Adventure" series that were popular in the '80s and '90s.
But if you haven't dug into the details, both in terms of why Chooseco states the Netflix series violates its trademark and the damages it is asking for in court, you may not realize just how bonkers all of this is.
How did they get a trademark on a name invented by Shakespeare?