Raygun: The Musical cancelled after Olympian issues legal threat

https://www.smh.com.au/culture/comedy/raygun-the-musical-cancelled-after-olympian-issues-legal-threat-20241207-p5kwlb.html

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But comedian Steph Broadbridge canned Saturday’s performance after Gunn’s lawyers sent several letters to the show’s promoter, iD Comedy Club, asking them to cancel the show and not use the name “Raygun” or the athlete’s now famous “kangaroo dance”, as both were Gunn’s intellectual property.

Gunn applied to trademark the name “Raygun” in August. The application remains under examination, however, the government agency that issues trademarks published an “adverse report” in October functionally knocking back the claim.

However, Gunn does have a trademark on a silhouette image of her performing the kangaroo dance, which was accepted on November 15 and is awaiting publication. This trademark was filed on September 25, the day Broadbridge first promoted her musical on Instagram.