Editing MythBusters (section)

== Name lawsuit ==
In January 2005, children's author and adventurer [[Bowvayne|Andrew Knight]] commenced legal proceedings in Australia against Beyond Productions, the producer of ''MythBusters'', alleging [[passing off]] in relation to the use of the name "MythBusters".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.smh.com.au/news/Opinion/Wheel-falls-off-serene-machine/2005/06/17/1118869093834.html|title=Wheel falls off serene machine (Here comes the son)|first=Jeni|last=Porter|newspaper=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|date=June 17, 2005|access-date=October 18, 2010}}</ref> Knight asserted that he had previously organized a team of "MythBusters" and had used the name continuously since 1988 in relation to pursuing myths, ghosts, monsters, goblins, and other such mysteries in an offbeat manner around the world. Knight wrote a series of self-published children's books under the banner "MythBusters" in 1991, 1993, and 1996.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bowvayne|first=Andrew E.|title=MythBusters|publisher=[[Puffin Books]]|year=1996|page=144|isbn=0-14-037554-6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Bowvayne|first=Andrew E.|title=Nut Cases (MythBusters S)|publisher=Elfshot Productions|year= 1993|page=[https://archive.org/details/mythbustersnutca0000bowv/page/96 96]|isbn=1-898412-00-6|url=https://archive.org/details/mythbustersnutca0000bowv/page/96}}</ref>

In February 2007, the [[Federal Court of Australia]] dismissed Knight's claims against Beyond Productions.<ref>{{cite AustLII|FCA|70|2007|litigants=Knight v Beyond Properties Pty Ltd |date=8 February 2007 |courtname=auto}}.</ref> A parallel action, relying on the same three books and a collection of short television appearances, was brought later that year in the Chancery Division of the High Court of England and Wales. Beyond Properties Pty Limited was again a defendant, as were two other Beyond companies and Discovery Communications Inc, the entity responsible for broadcasting the ''MythBusters'' program in the UK. These claims were also dismissed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Knight v Beyond Properties Pty Ltd & Ors, [2007] EWHC 1251 (Ch) {{!}} England and Wales High Court (Chancery Division), Judgment, Law, casemine.com |url=https://www.casemine.com/judgement/uk/5a8ff76860d03e7f57eac34c |access-date=2023-12-07 |website=www.casemine.com |language=en}}</ref>