Intellectual Property
Sep. 10, 2026
Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters awakens a trademark battle
Christian metal band Demon Hunter's fight with Netflix tests whether decades of trademark use can protect an established brand against a global entertainment giant.
As a new Netflix film, KPop Demon Hunters, took the world by storm, Ryan Clark watched the brand he has been meticulously growing for a quarter of a century get eaten alive. Clark has been the vocalist, lyricist and, per his own band's court filings, "chief creative force" behind Demon Hunter, the Christian metal band he co-founded with his brother Don in Seattle in 2000.
In the years since, Clark has led the band to considerable success within i...
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