Hands Off My Spike!

Spike Lee is trying to prevent an American cable network from changing its name to the Spike Network. But other Spikes are getting into the act. “The latest twist in the case came yesterday, when Spike Jones Jr, the son of the 1950s comic bandleader Spike Jones, filed court papers saying a ruling in Lee’s favour would be disastrous for other well-known Spikes. Jones Jr said Lee’s injunction might interfere with his own efforts to promote, sell and market both his father’s work and other autobiographical commercial projects.” And Spike Jonze, the quirky filmmaker might have something to say…