Summit Entertainment, the producers of the the “Twilight” teen vampire romance movies, have worked themselves into a lather over the name of a Bath & Body Works shower gel: Twilight Woods.
The movie company, which is based in Santa Monica, Calif., has been vigorously defending its brand, threatening to sue the New York-based soap shop if it does not stop making the bath product.
But on Wednesday, in Manhattan Federal Court, Bath & Body Works took a preemptive step in its hopes to end the whole “twilight” saga: The company filed a lawsuit asking a judge to decide whether Summit can “monopolize” the word “twilight,” or if other companies can use it.
The bath company is also asking the judge to allow it to use a brown tree branch motif on its products that Summit also claims is a violation of its copyright for the popular movies.
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