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Celebrity Justice9/29/2008 7:18 PM PDT BY TMZ STAFF
Yo Rinny!

The woman who controls those sons of bitches called Rin Tin Tin has her fangs all out about a new movie called "Finding Rin Tin Tin."

In a lawsuit, Daphne Hereford claims she owns the rights to the name Rin Tin Tin, as least as it applies to any "live German Shepard puppies." Hereford says the movie violates her trademark. She wants damages but -- more hilariously -- she wants all copies of the movie destroyed.

Seriously: Read this lawsuit and you will know the meaning of tintinnabulation.

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that.is.all:  1231 days ago

What a dumb beyotch.

Sick her Rin Tin Tin.

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wasted days and wasted nights:  1231 days ago

Just call the movie Finding RinTinShizzle and we'll know who they're looking for.

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IHEARTLEVIN:  1231 days ago

The title and picture of this headline lead me to believe the article was about Lisa Rinna... and i wasn't disspointed when i read it either.....

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waggy:  1231 days ago

Stupid women. she was given BREADING RIGHTS not the rights to the NAME tin tin


hope she loses and loses big.

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KC:  1231 days ago

Breaded Rin Tin Tin is just not something I want to think about. Too bad the woman didn't want BREEDING rights..... actually, this whole thing is dumb and I am even dumber for commenting.... I shall now return to watching my stocks become toilet paper....

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Sloane:  1230 days ago

I can understand her doing this because it's sort of a copyright infringement thing

it's like making a movie with your own collie "King" for example
and calling the movie " Lassie at the farm" or whatever
-when you do not have the real Lassie or the descendants of the original Lassie

things like that are protected legally and you can understand why-it's protecting the name and image for marketing and whatever else has to do with the original dogs who were stars of their own TV shows and movies

I fondly remember watching Lassie and Rin Tin Tin
and weird as it might seem to some people-the owners/trainers etc of the original dogs have/should have the rights to their names and likeness and their use

same thing goes for Benji-Free Willy-even Garfield etc

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Bryn:  1230 days ago

TMZ, the correct spelling is German SHEPHERD. It was spelled right in the docs... "live German SHEPHERD puppies". You need to get on top of spellcheck!

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