New movie-making fun of greeks??

[Senusret I]

So I guess a group of black girls calling themselves Zetas since 1920 isn't "confusingly similar"....lol

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

So I guess a group of black girls calling themselves Zetas since 1920 isn't "confusingly similar"....lol

Nope, it's pretty clear who they're talking about when they're in blue and grey letters and they drop the E out of ZeTA...

[BabyPiNK_FL]

Don't forget about the Phi Iota Mus! (Which I'm pretty sure are represented by pink-they have been so far)...

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

Don't forget about the Phi Iota Mus! (Which I'm pretty sure are represented by pink-they have been so far)...

Good call - I hear they refer to themselves as Phi Mu in the movie...

[AGDee]

These types of things are part of the reason that so many groups have moved to Greek Licensing. It was explained to us that if you do not show effort to protect your trademarks, then you can lose a battle over them. I wouldn't blame either group for trying to fight the use of their letters/colors/nicknames although the movie reminds me of the Bad News Bears or Mighty Ducks of the sorority world, where the underdogs end up reigning.

[alphagamgirl06]

Originally Posted by AGDee

These types of things are part of the reason that so many groups have moved to Greek Licensing. It was explained to us that if you do not show effort to protect your trademarks, then you can lose a battle over them.

Yes this is true for all trademarks, it is only valid if it is being used and their is an effort to protect it. But ZTA does not have a trademark on the word Zeta. I mean after all it is a letter in the Greek alphabet. Also when it come to movies, when they show run down building they often show the vowels in the middle of the word falling off. In this case it happens to be the letter E, therefore leaving Z_TA left. But Zeta only has four letters and it just so happens that ZTA is the word zeta minus the E. I honestly think even if they changed the colors of the group there was always going to be that half a sec when the house said ZTA sad to say.

[AGDee]

Originally Posted by alphagamgirl06

Yes this is true for all trademarks, it is only valid if it is being used and their is an effort to protect it. But ZTA does not have a trademark on the word Zeta. I mean after all it is a letter in the Greek alphabet. Also when it come to movies, when they show run down building they often show the vowels in the middle of the word falling off. In this case it happens to be the letter E, therefore leaving Z_TA left. But Zeta only has four letters and it just so happens that ZTA is the word zeta minus the E. I honestly think even if they changed the colors of the group there was always going to be that half a sec when the house said ZTA sad to say.

The use of Phi Mus however... if they truly do refer to them as Phi Mus throughout the movie and utilizing their colors, I'd say that's pretty strong.