Bulgaria's Big Brother Hit by Trademark Brawl

Business | September 28, 2005, Wednesday // 00:00

Bulgaria's second season of the Big Brother show was threatened with a lawsuit over copyright Wednesday.

Georgi Iliev, a publisher of sensation newspapers, claimed that he has owned the Big Brother brand in Bulgaria since September 1. That was four months before the Dutch producers of the show applied for a license, Iliev argues.

He had declared plans to use the name Big Brother for a television show and a newspaper.

Iliev's message to the media said that he would have to start legal action against the "theft."

Big Brother is the top-rated show of local Nova TV, and their main instrument for rivaling leader bTV.

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