[Global Times Comprehensive Report] Because she has the same name as the heroine "Dragon Mother" in the American TV series "Game of Thrones" (hereinafter referred to as "Game of Thrones"), a 6-year-old British girl was "difficult" by the British Passport Office , the latter asked the little girl’s mother to go to the film and television company to “issue a certificate” on the grounds of suspected “infringement”. This ridiculous farce quickly exploded on the Internet. The passport office's move caused widespread discussion, and was ridiculed by British netizens as "you are too lenient."
According to the British "Sun" report on the 5th, out of love for the heroine of "Game of Thrones", Lucy, a single mother in Wiltshire, England, named her daughter "Khaleesi" because of "Khaleesi of the Prairie". " is one of the commonly used titles of Daenerys Targaryen, the heroine in the play. Not long ago, Lucy was planning to take her daughter to Disneyland Paris, but she didn't expect that she was refused a passport when applying for a passport. Lucy was told that "Khaleesi" is one of the registered trademarks of Warner Bros., a film and television company. If you apply for a passport based on this name, you will not get authorization from Warner Bros.
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reported that this "magic logic" made Lucy and her daughter confused. The mother said in confusion: "This is the first time I have heard that other people's names can also be registered. As a trademark... I don't understand. Since my daughter can get a birth certificate, doesn't it explain the problem?" For this reason, she consulted a lawyer and learned that the film and television company had indeed registered a relevant trademark for "Game of Thrones", but The scope of application is for goods and services, rather than interfering with citizens’ right to name. So Lucy filed a complaint through the media to the British Home Office, which is the superior department of the Passport Office.
Recently, the British Home Office expressed its apology and said that it was already accepting the passport application of "Khaleesi". The Passport Office also called it a "misunderstanding", saying that the unit's staff had quoted the wrong regulations and that their feedback to Lucy actually only applied to applicants who had changed their names. In the process of defending her rights, Lucy was surprised to find that there were many people in the UK who had similar experiences. She said afterwards: "If I hadn't posted this matter online, (the government) would not have done anything."
《 Quan During the period when "You" was on the air, parents in European and American countries often named their children after the characters in the show. The British "chroniclelive" website reported that between 2011 and 2017, 1,782 baby girls were named "Arya" - the youngest daughter of the Stark family in the show - in the UK, and more than 3,500 were added in the United States. "Daenerys" or "Khaleesi". With the sudden change in the plot of the final season of "Game of Thrones" in 2019 and the "blackening" of Dragon Mother, many parents who followed the trend of naming her were deeply upset.
According to the British "Independent" report, the Passport Office does have a precedent of refusing to issue passports due to "name issues." In 2019, a man named "Falkenard" from Cornwall, England, was rejected when he applied for a passport. He complained three times in a row to no avail. At that time, the British Home Office issued a rare response, saying that the man's name was likely to cause "public revulsion" because the pronunciation and spelling of the first half of "Falkenard" resembled a curse word in English. Paradoxically, the man successfully obtained his driver's license using this name. (Liu Haoran)
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