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Reach the end of the article: > The family now plan to take a greatly anticipated holiday along with their other children, Kaycie and Willow*. // His family is

by mdp2021 2y ago

Reach the end of the article: > The family now plan to take a greatly anticipated holiday along with their other children, Kaycie and Willow*. // His family isn’t the first to face issues getting a passport for their child because they named them after famous characters. // A British mother was “absolutely devastated” after her daughter was denied a passport because of her name, which was inspired by another hugely popular franchise Refers to: 6-year-old girl denied passport because her name is a Game of Thrones character - https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/6-year-old-girl-denied-passport-because-her-name-is-a-game-of-thrones-character/7AVDFCURUVHEHCSCALZVXGF5EM/ https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/6-year-old-girl-denie... -- (*Maybe from The Wicker Man?)

slyall 2y ago
Willow is a semi-common name. But good chance it is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_(TV_series) and/or the original movie.
slau 2y ago
The second article, about the GoT character, is a big nothing burger: > With fears it could affect her daughter’s future travel, the family sought legal advice over the passport rejection. > They found while there is a trademark for Game of Thrones, it does not apply to a person’s name. > The family then sent that information back to the Passport Office to clear up the issue. > The Passport Office has since apologised to Lucy and her family, labelling the rejection a “mistake” and claimed there was a misunderstanding between guidance staff.
- CRConrad 2y ago
  That bit about trademarks not applying to people’s names is probably universal, and the staff who handled the case in TFA screwed up in the same way the ones in the Khaleesi case originally did and alter corrected themselves in the same way. So the biggest nothingburger here is likely to be... The paper's sly implication that it was their email that did it for young Skywalker.

slyall 2y ago

Willow is a semi-common name. But good chance it is from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_(TV_series) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willow_(TV_series) and/or the original movie.

slau 2y ago

The second article, about the GoT character, is a big nothing burger: > With fears it could affect her daughter’s future travel, the family sought legal advice over the passport rejection. > They found while there is a trademark for Game of Thrones, it does not apply to a person’s name. > The family then sent that information back to the Passport Office to clear up the issue. > The Passport Office has since apologised to Lucy and her family, labelling the rejection a “mistake” and claimed there was a misunderstanding between guidance staff.

CRConrad 2y ago
That bit about trademarks not applying to people’s names is probably universal, and the staff who handled the case in TFA screwed up in the same way the ones in the Khaleesi case originally did and alter corrected themselves in the same way. So the biggest nothingburger here is likely to be... The paper's sly implication that it was their email that did it for young Skywalker.