[Darkwolf377]

“Here’s this huge mega giant squashing any opportunities for a business that had been in business before they even thought of the name,”

You should have thought of all of this before, i.e. the mugs and shirts and stuff.

American Dad is a funny show. The makers have every right to put out merchandise. The show may not be very popular, so this guy should be wanting to change the name of his little group so it's not associated with such a flop.

[raccoonradio]

I think the organization had the name first...And from what I gather, whatever T-shirt sales, etc., they do is probably just to help offset operational costs.

Can't they both exist? American Dad the TV-show, American
Dad the website. Just as there is LIFE cereal, magazine,
the board game, etc.

...Then there's the little squabble over a British record
label (owned by a group that split up 26 years ago this month) and a computer manufacturer...