Anime Boston Organizers Suing Similarly Named Event
The New England Anime Society of Somerville, organizers of long running non-profit anime convention Anime Boston, has filed a lawsuit against an event run by two former volunteers over their name. The other convention is technically called “Boston SouthCoast Comic Con,” but they’ve begun marketing the for-profit event under the name “Boston AnimeFest.”
We’ve posted the Boston AnimeFest logo above, and the con has gone so far as to register the domain BostonAnimeFest.com (which points to the Boston SouthCoast Comi Con site). The Anime Boston organizers are obviously concerned that potential attendees could be confused by the similar names. I don’t think I would have necessarily agreed, but after typing the words “Boston” and “Anime” this many times in a row, I’m a bit turned around myself.
It will be interesting to see how this shakes out.
Via BizJournals.com
Also, they hired this guy to do the celeb photos!
https://www.nerdandtie.com/2017/04/10/reminder-convention-photographer-sci-fi-photo-guys-is-operated-by-convicted-sex-offender-daniel-silverman/
HOLY SHIT. I hadn’t even noticed that!
They say they didn’t know, and I have no reason not to believe them, but when it was brought to their attention they doubled down on “He’s a good guy and we have a piece of paper that says he’ll behave and you’re just out to destroy this convention.” Just from a business standpoint, this is a bonestupid decision, even taking the moral/safety implications out of the equation.
https://www.facebook.com/Admiral91
And now they are coming after the local fam who shared the information.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1549745335061451&id=618876708148323
I know this is from 8+ months ago, but the injunction from this is well worth a read. http://bit.ly/2BYCBay