Copyright and Trademark

I contacted the Disney Company regarding the sale of the Twisted Princesses Collection. Specifically, Aurora from this collection was recalled as being unsafe for use around the eyes.

I sent them an email summarizing the situation, and included links to the product and the recall list.

Thanks to Annony1 for the information.

1/2/11 ETA: I was also pointed in the direction of the Wizard of Oz Collection. Upon further research it appears that WOO is public domain, and as such, is not subject to copyright or trademark

Copyright and Trademark

I contacted both Warner Brothers and Tim Burton's agent at William Morris, Mike Simpson, regarding the Tim Burton Collection, specifically Mad Hatter and Oompa Loompa, both of which have been recalled as either not cosmetically safe for eye use or containing soap dyes.

I summarized the issue and included links to the products and the recall list.

At the Warner Brothers site I had to provide my personal information.

Unfortunately, there was no contact information at TimBurton.com, but I did take a nice little break to play with Stainboy.

Thanks to commenter Annony1 for the information.

Copyright and Trademark

I contacted both The Princess Bride LTD and Harcourt, the publishers of The Princess Bride book.

I included a brief overview of the issue, including links to the product and the recall list. The Princess Bride contains a pink, all of which created between 2006 and 2010 are being recalled.

At the Harcourt site I had to enter my personal information as well.

Special thanks to Blucalamari for bringing this to my attention.

I believe that is the last of my Copyright and Trademark posts, save for followups. As far as I can tell no other copyrighted or trademarked unlicensed products are being recalled.

Copyright and Trademark

I contacted the copyright holders of Sanrio at DMCA@sanrio.com.

I included a brief overview of the situation, along with links to the collection and the recall list. Sanrio Pink is being recalled, but has not been added to the list. You actually have to scroll down to the comments on the recall list to see that it is being recalled, as it is cosmetically safe, but not eye approved. 

I am going to take some time to review the comments on the Recall list and update with any further information.

Copyright and Trademark

I contacted HBO (copyrightviolations@hbo.com), the holder of the television rights to True Blood, ACE Books (penguin.subrights@us.penguingroup.com), the publisher of the Sookie Stackhouse novels,and Joshua Bilmes (joshua@awfulagent.com), the agent who handles licensing for Charlaine Harris, the author of the True Blood books in regards to the recall of "Sookie", the pink sold in the True Blood Collection this year.

I included a brief outline of the situation, and links to the product and recall list. I also detailed that should the link I provided to the product not work due to it's removal that I also had screenshots to provide upon request.

Before I could even finish publishing this post I received an email back from Mr. Bilmes, who has already contacted Steve Sass, the head of HBO's Legal Department.

Thanks to KittensMittens and an anonymous emailer for their assistance.

Copyright and Trademark

I contacted the estate of the late Theodor Geisel. This year GlitterSniffer sold a Dr. Seuss Collection. Included in this collection was Suess Pink, which has now been recalled as one of the unsafe pigments. Apparently, Dr Seuss Enterprises takes their guardianship of the Seuss legacy very seriously.

I sent an email to drseuss@drseuss.com. I briefly outlined the situation, including links to both the product and the recall. I also advised them that their name was now not only associated with unsafe, unlicensed product, but with a company who is suspected of selling unhygienic products and conducting alleged charity fraud.

I will also be contacting Random House, who also holds trademark and copyright rights to all things Seuss related at:

Permissions & Copyright Department
Random House
1745 Broadway, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10019

It is not my intention at this point to contact Crayola, Harry Potter, or any other copyrighted/trademarked collections, except for the owners of True Blood, as they also had a product associated with their name that was recalled as unsafe. There is scant information, however, on the True Blood collection and until I can find specifics of GS selling it (and not just people using it for EOTD's) I am not prepared to take that steps as yet.