NEAS asserts that consumers use both “Anime Boston” and “Boston Anime” to refer to its event, and has registered the www.bostonanime.com domain to redirect to the Anime Boston website.
The full name of the defendants’ event is Boston SouthCoast Comic Con & Collectibles Extravaganza, but “Boston AnimeFest” will take place as part of the event.
IMAGE’s Gary Sohmers told The Daily Beast that one of his colleagues contacted Anime Boston when they selected the name, but Anime Boston took no action at the time.
The New England Anime Society on Tuesday for using the “confusingly similar” event name Boston AnimeFest.