Following last week’s news of a possible legal confrontation with George Lucas, Jedi Mind Inc has decided its worth spending $US9.99 on a new domain name rather than risk a $US5 million legal claim – it’s now called Mind Technologies “in order to avoid potential infringement of trademarks owned by Lucasfilm Ltd”. And the Jedi Mouse? That’s now the Mind Mouse. [Mind Technologies via PR Newswire]
It’s easy to laugh at George Lucas for suing people left, right and center, but when his latest target is a company calling itself “Jedi Mind Inc”, you can’t help side with the bearded movie maker. They’re asking for it.