10 Biggest (And Weirdest) Lawsuits In Star Trek History
8. Spock Plates Cause Trouble
The Hamilton Group is a company that primarily produces limited edition plates and it was one such plate that caused this legal action to be issued in 1984. They released an edition featured Mr. Spock, along with a statement that read that 'after a 90-day firing period, these editions will be retired and the masters will be destroyed, meaning that they can never be reopened.'
This was clearly to drum up extra interest and ensure a surge in purchases. However, in 1987 Hamilton put up more of these so-called 'limited edition' plates, which caused a customer to complain to the National Advertising Division of the Better Business Bureau.
Hamilton then explained that their 90-day firing period did not necessarily state that it would be 90 consecutive days, so they had done nothing wrong. However, they did offer to refund the customer the price of the plate and agree to use clearer terminology going forward to avoid any such confusion.