Subway Sued by Toho Over Unauthorized Godzilla Advertisements
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Subway, the largest U.S. restaurant chain, was sued by Toho Co., the Japanese maker of the Godzilla movies, which said the prehistoric monster was used without permission in Subway's television advertisements.
Subway ``not only intentionally created a character that closely resembles Godzilla in its physical appearance, but placed the character in a setting, a Japanese city under attack, that is widely associated with Toho's Godzilla films,'' the movie maker said in a complaint filed today in Los Angeles.