The far-right group that harassed Labor senator Sam Dastyari at a Melbourne pub this week is facing legal action over claims of trademark infringement.
Mr Dastyari was ambushed by members of the group calling themselves Patriot Blue, who labelled him a "terrorist" and a "monkey".
But the production companies behind a new TV remake of 1992 film Romper Stomper, which features a fictional group of the same name, are distancing themselves from the incident.
Romper Stomper, starring Russell Crowe, won international acclaim depicting the lives of a group of skin-head Neo-Nazis wreaking havoc in the Australian suburbs.
In a joint statement, Stan and Roadshow Productions say they believe the Patriot Blue name has been misappropriated by the far-right group and its supporters.
"There is no association between our organisations or the Romper Stomper production team and those involved in yesterday's incident," the statement reads.
"We strongly condemn the actions of this group and racial discrimination in all its forms."
The companies have instructed their lawyers to take legal action in relation to infringement of the Patriot Blue trademark and use of the Stan name on Facebook.
Far-right group only created recently
The video of the incident involving Mr Dastyari, who was born in Iran, and Labor MP Tim Watts was first posted to the Patriot Blue Facebook page.
The man behind the video, Neil Erikson, a sacked forklift driver, said yesterday he only created the group in recent weeks.
"It's a new group we've just started. It's probably been online and active for the past month," Mr Erikson told the ABC.
When the original Romper Stomper was released in 1992, there was concern the film could encourage other far-right groups.
Dr Rick Kuhn, an honorary associate professor in sociology at the Australian National University, has studied fascism and other far-right extremism in Australia.
Dr Kuhn said there is a real connection between fictional portrayals of fascists and their real-life counterparts.
"The romanticisation of fascists can promote fascism," he said.
"I obviously haven't seen the remake so I don't know if it does romanticise them, but fascists can find support, identification in fictional works and that's a concern."
