Rob Zombie Claims He Owns the Word "Zombie"

just. wow. has he completely lost it or what?! i think it's his wife, if ya wanna know the truth. she has him completely whipped - otherwise, why would he be endorsing her HORRIBLE clothing line? TOTALLY SUCKS rather than TOTAL SKULL, if you ask me.

he's off his rocker. i think this will eventually be thrown out, but not before they drag your poor friend through the dirt.

i'm gonna go visit him now and show my support!

I wonder if Rob Zombie himself even knows about this, or is it just the corporate lawyers that do intensive searches on the word zombie and see who they can pick on?
As a White Zombie and Rob Zombie fan, I see NO confusion between them and ZOMBIE!, nor have I ever thought there was a connection. I think any members of The Zombies should come down on Rob for trademark infringement. Retroactively. Then with the money they make, help our friend out a little.

Well, just in case this continues, I'd better order a few t-shirts!

GF, thanks for elaborating on this in a concise and thorough manner!

Glad you blogged about this, time to spread the word!

TOOL Rob Zombie is! First he RUINS Halloween, now he's going to ruin zombies for us?!
What a freakin' egomaniacal tool!

I'm sure that the lawyers know they can't actually win in court; they're trying to intimidate your friend into doing what they want. Unfortunately, that sometimes works. There's a company called Monster Cable who routinely sues any company using "Monster" in their name. Small companies can't afford the time and legal fees to fight the lawsuit, even if they're sure of winning. It sounds like Zombie's lawyers are doing something similar.

Tell your friend to go to the newspapers. If they start getting bad press on how ludicrous their claim is, the lawyers might find something better to do with their time.

I rather enjoy Rob Zombie's music but his attitude or his lawyer's attitudes have got to change. That's just crazy!

PS: I'm off to find some chocolate. :)

Wow, I'm always surprised when I hear or read stories like that... How someone can believe he can own a word commonly used like this one? Maybe I should file a lawsuit to anyone who use the word "pumpkin"... That's freaking crazy!

(Put this on the wrong post earlier) - The thing that gets me is, I can trademark Ghoul Friday. It protects me from other people using that combination of words. It does NOT protect me from other people calling themselves "Ghoul" or "Friday".

Rob Zombie trademarked "Rob Zombie". Same applies.

I am thinking since you have Friday in your name, maybe we can sue for that too. How much do you think we can get? LOL

Wouldn't he make more money if he went after anyone using ROB?
Gotta figure there are a few more of them.

Signed, ZOMBIE ZOMBIE ZOMBIE ZOMBIE ZOMBIE BOB

Come at me, Robby!

(Not really though, please leave me alone)

screw rob zombie for this- the guy is a corperate fuled whore who is powered by money and greed and has lost my respect. Keep it up mr i do remakes i am the king of all that is retro horror. what a fricking loser. screw you rob 'ball sacks' zombie.

Reading past the spin, it sounds like your friend tried to trademark Zombie and got sued by Rob Zombie over it.

Pretty sure that's a required response. If Zombie was actually trademarked, that would screw anyone using Zombie. This goes under "blame the game not the player" as far as I can see.

(Though the demand to stop using Zombie at all sounds like typical overzealous lawyers.)

I also wonder if Weiss has a better case with it as a logo using the word ZOMBIE! as opposed to a project or band name.

Rob Zombie lip-syncs. That is all.

I am so annoyed that someone (namely Rob Zombie) would pick at something so stupid. Why try and crush a guy for using a term everybody uses? What an ass. I think he's forgotten what it was like when he was starting out.

UPDATE: Apparently Rob Zombie has contacted Weiss directly this afternoon. He was unaware of the actions his lawyers had taken, and said "we are all good"; there will be no further action.

So Rob Zombie is not a complete douchebag (or the Internet is a powerful tool), but he needs to teach his lawyers to cease and desist in their random acts of douchery.

Glad to hear that it was Rob Zombie's lawyers and not him. See I can still like him AND I got my chocolate today!

Reminds me when The Ultimate Warrior legally changed his name to THe Ultimate Warrior after the WWF already had claims to the name and he thought he all of a sudden had the right to use it. Besides, isn't Zombie a term from Voodoo religion? Wouldn't that be like Jesus Jones trying to sue a Church?

The thing is, when I hear stories of people who have met Rob Zombie, I always hear good things. I think the fact that he personally called Weiss within 24 hours of all this going public is commendable.

I may not be a fan of his work, but I do respect how he handled this situation.

And here I thought we were having an intimate conversation. About 2,500 people came to read this post yesterday. While only a handful of us were chatting here, there were posts linked to this with hundreds of comments.

Sometimes the Internet can be a really cool thing.

You don't like his music? What kind of music do you listen to? Curious minds want to know!

It's pretty amazing that around 2,500 people read this post. That always interests me too. The fact that that amount of people read this post but then 95% of them don't comment. Just interesting to me.

Someone say something about chocolate zombies?
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No?

Dang.

I know 2 guys that worked for Rob Zombie and someone that met him at a BBQ and everyone raved about how totally down to earth he was. Totally professional on the job, and totally casual off. I was totally dismayed when it looked like he'd descended to the corporate greed-slurping shallow scum level. But that's what lawyers do. Ya might say that's how they roll.

I may not like his music as much since he went techno, but I still dig his creativity and respect him as an artist and as an industry professional. Good to know I can still respect him as a real guy.

P.S. Big Props to you GF for your use of the phrase "random acts of douchery," in addition to being a Dead Kennedys fan. Girl, you are a gem. :)

So, I read the letter, since I work for an attorney that does stuff with the US Patent and Trademark Office, and the phrase that got to me was "Our client recently learned . . ." If Mr. Rob Zombie didn't know about them doing this, they really shouldn't represent that he was the one to find out about this. Did that make sense? Basically, as far as I can tell, they lied. Me no likey schmucks like that.