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Evel Knievel’s son loses Disney Duke Caboom trademark case

Published September 29, 2021 1:59 PM

By KEN RITTER
Associated Press

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A judge has dismissed a trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Evel Knievel’s son against the Walt Disney Co. and movie company Pixar over a “Toy Story 4” daredevil character named Duke Caboom. Kelly Knievel said Monday he’s disappointed and may take the case to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco. A U.S. district judge in Las Vegas dismissed the case Sept. 23, saying that while the Caboom character was “reminiscent” of Evel Knievel’s likeness, Disney added “significant transformative elements” and it wasn’t a literal depiction. A Walt Disney Co. spokesman didn’t immediately comment. Kelly Knievel heads Las Vegas-based K and K Promotions. His father died in 2007 at 69 in Florida of lung disease.

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