Netflix gets sued over Choose Your Own Adventure trademark

This might be one adventure Netflix doesn’t want anything to do with but the streaming service is being sued by Chooseco, the publisher who owns the Choose Your Own Adventure trademark, for Black Mirror: Bandersnatch. The publisher claims Netflix has been in negotiation with them over a license of the series since 2016 but has never gotten permission to use the trademark. Chooseco is asking for US$25 million in damages. According to the complaint, this isn’t the first time the two companies have fought over the issue. Chooseco has sent Netflix a cease-and-desist request before over the same trademark

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