It seems like Marvel is cracking down on a number of companies for using the iconic Punisher skull logo on a number of products without obtaining any license for the image.
According to Bleeding Cool News, Marvel is going after companies that have been replicating the iconic Punisher logo. Marvel Comics is focusing their efforts on the HHT Group for the infringement of the logo's copyright in "parts of motorcycles, namely, master cylinders, brake levers and shift levers; structural parts of motorcycles; components and parts of motorcycles, namely, handle bar ends, bolts toppers, chain guards, crash bars, derby cover, aerodynamic fairing bolts and fairing kit for vehicles, foot pegs, frame slider, gas cap, grab rails, handlebar grips, handlebar riser, horn cover, kickstand, lamp clamp, lowering links, luggage rack, mirror block off base plates, fitted motorcycle cover, radiator grille guard cover, saddlebag bracket, seats, sissy bar, backrest, stator cover, stay bracket, switching housing cover, and windscreen…"
Loyalty Bound LLC of Texas is also being taken to court for the use of the logo on Insulating sleeve Holders for Veverage cans.
Though it might be difficult for Marvel to prove that these companies have ripped of the Punisher logo (given that the vigilante's four-fanged skull is also a close standard for the universal sign of death), it seems like the comic book studio is doing its best to come down hard on the miscreants.
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