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cry_baby_007 · 17-08-2005, 09:54 PM

I was hoping to organise a cosplay event in Singapore, but to my dismay, i heard a rumour that cosplay is owned and copyrighted.

I was pondering,because from my knowledge, Cosplay is suppose to be a hobby that is appreciated around the world, with Japan and America as its pioneers.

How is a person capable of owning this copyright to cosplay?

Does he have the ability to ban or manipulate cosplay events if he wants to?

So does that mean cosplaying and organising cosplay event will breach legal terms of the law and thus gaining its illegal status?

So i did some researches about this, and found some intriguing results.

http://tmsearch.ipos.gov.sg/eTMSearc...TmNo=T0412796D

I would personally like to know this Mr/Mdm Tan Yueh Han, the owner of this company by the name of SCC Square.
Apparently, he holds the trademark of cosplay. But just cosplay in general terms,or within a certain country?Could have been more specific.

This post was edited to minimise errors.

17-08-2005, 09:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
cry_baby_007 Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: somewhere in earth Posts: 7 Trade rep: 0 (0%)	regarding the ownership of cosplay I was hoping to organise a cosplay event in Singapore, but to my dismay, i heard a rumour that cosplay is owned and copyrighted. I was pondering,because from my knowledge, Cosplay is suppose to be a hobby that is appreciated around the world, with Japan and America as its pioneers. How is a person capable of owning this copyright to cosplay? Does he have the ability to ban or manipulate cosplay events if he wants to? So does that mean cosplaying and organising cosplay event will breach legal terms of the law and thus gaining its illegal status? So i did some researches about this, and found some intriguing results. http://tmsearch.ipos.gov.sg/eTMSearc...TmNo=T0412796D I would personally like to know this Mr/Mdm Tan Yueh Han, the owner of this company by the name of SCC Square. Apparently, he holds the trademark of cosplay. But just cosplay in general terms,or within a certain country?Could have been more specific. This post was edited to minimise errors. Last edited by cry_baby_007; 18-08-2005 at 05:02 AM.