Yesterday I reported on a life like Steve Jobs action figure that was getting ready to hit the open market in February for a cost of $99 and now it looks like that action figure may never see the light of day.
According to a report from the Telegraph Apple is threatening to sue action figure makers InIcons. According to reports Apple sent a letter to InIcons in which they stated that it is illegal to use a company’s logo, a person’s name or their likeness without consent.
In the meantime InIcons continues to take pre-orders for the action figure and InIcons’ Tony Cheung made some comments to ABC News in which it appears they won’t back down.
“Apple can do anything they like. I will not stop, we already started production.”
Cheung goes on to note that his legal team advised him that the action figure is in compliance with the law because it’s not sold with any Apple product replicas. InIcon argues that because Jobs is “not an actor, he’s just a celebrity” there is no copyright protection for a “normal person.”
Cheung continues:
“Steve Jobs is not a product…so I don’t think Apple has the copyright of him.”
This isn’t the first time a Steve Jobs action figure has been created, MIC Gadget produced a life-like action figure last year but that action figure was eventually shut down by the legal team at Apple.
Do you plan to buy an InIcon Steve Jobs action figure if they actually make it to market?
