A family have spoken of their ordeal after their son, whose middle name is inspired by Star Wars, was refused a passport due to copyright issues.

A family have spoken of their ordeal after their seven-year-old son, whose middle name is inspired by the Star Wars films, was refused a passport due to copyright issues.

Christian Mowbray, 48, is a serving soldier in The Corps of Royal Engineers at the Rock Barracks in Sutton Heath, near Woodbridge.

He and his wife Becky, a former serving soldier, booked a holiday to the Dominican Republic at the end of October, the family’s first since 2014 due to their demanding work schedules and Becky’s struggles with Complex PTSD.

However, when they tried to secure a passport for their youngest child, Loki Skywalker Mowbray, the Home Office refused it on copyright grounds, telling the family to either change his name or get permission from the copyright owner, Disney.

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The family then confirmed that, on Friday, the Home Office would be issuing a passport.

Before this, when SuffolkNews approached it for comment, it said the family’s application was ‘being processed’ and apologised for the delay. It then later confirmed it had approved the application.

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    • mosiacmango@lemm.ee
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      11 hours ago

      Even trademark shouldn’t apply, as this is a child name, not a mark he uses for trade, I.e a company name or product. No one is going to confuse a kid not selling anything to a corporation competing with Disney.

      This was someone at the UK passport office fucking up. Wonder if the EU would have made the same mistake.