The Hells Angels Motorcycle Corp, the global organisation spawned by the famous biker club, is suing Walt Disney for trademark infringement. A suit filed in the US District Court in California claims Buena Vista Motion Pictures, a division of Disney, are illegally using the Angels' trademark, a helmeted, horned and feathered skull in the film Wild Hogs.
The movie, starring John Travolta and Tim Allen, is billed as a comedy about "middle-aged wannabe bikers looking for adventure out on the open road, where they soon encounter a chapter of the Hells Angels". The film is a comment on the phenomena of middle age bikers, many who hold down respectable jobs, buying Harleys to live a bad boy life at the weekend.
The Hells Angels, a club with its roots in the late 1940's, is now complete with a corporate web-site and regular conventions held around the world. Despite the corporate image, the public and law enforcers around the world still associate the Angels with crime, mayhem and drug dealing. Disney spokesman David Caouette said his company believed the case was "without merit".
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