Chooseco, the owners of the Choose Your Own Adventure series, filed suit in a Vermont Federal court on Friday against Netflix, alleging trademark infringement, trademark dilution and unfair competition over the interactive film Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, released by the streaming service on December 28, 2018. The suit seeks a “conservative initial estimate” of at least $25 million in damages. Citing the early minutes of Netflix movie, in which the the main character refers to the fictional book Bandersnatch as a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book, in which “you decide what your character does,” Chooseco charges that the infringement of their trademark […]
