Other examples cited see a tv shaper who reportedly contacted the band's absorption reasoning they were related to Kpop Demon Hunters, and societal media posts incorrectly tagging Demon Hunter erstwhile discussing the film.
The five-piece Seattle band, who play "aggressive yet emotionally stirring dense metal" according to AllMusic, external, released their 12th medium successful September 2025 and person 350,000 monthly listeners connected Spotify.
By comparison, the KPop Demon Hunters formed person 27 cardinal monthly listeners connected the streaming platform.
The ineligible ailment said: "The marque that Hyde Lane has cautiously built implicit the people of the past 4th period present faces an existential crisis, thereby necessitating the filing of this enactment and the granting of the requested alleviation from this Court."
The metallic set person asked the tribunal to halt Netflix utilizing the KPop Demon Hunters sanction for recorded music, unrecorded shows and merchandise, and to grant unspecified damages.
The band's institution registered "Demon Hunter" arsenic a trademark for recorded euphony and merchandise successful 2022, and person applied for a trademark successful narration to unrecorded music.
Netflix has registered "Kpop Demon Hunters" arsenic a trademark for a fig of merchandise uses, with different applications pending.
What started arsenic a 2025 animated movie pursuing K-pop miss radical Huntr/X, Kpop Demon Hunters has grown into a worldwide phenomenon, with euphony releases and extended merchandise, with a planetary unrecorded circuit expected to statesman successful 2027.
It is the most-watched archetypal title successful Netflix past and won champion animated movie and champion archetypal opus for Golden astatine the 2026 Golden Globes and Oscars.
A sequel to Kpop Demon Hunters is besides successful the works, portion Netflix is reportedly considering, external different follow-up projects specified arsenic a tv bid and signifier musical.
The BBC has contacted Demon Hunter, Netflix and AEG Presents for comment.
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