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It's Not a Police Box, It's a Tardis

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the british-sci-fi-meets-copyright-law dept.

xA40D writes "The BBC is reporting that they've won the battle with the Metropolitan Police over the trademark police box, more commonly known as a Tardis: 'arbitrator Shaun Sherlock remarked that even if the police had built up any reputation, it would have only been in the area of policing and law enforcement and would not have extended into the goods and services which the BBC had applied to use it for.'"

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  1. haha by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That's pretty funny. even the name is funny "tardis" ;)
    nice blue police box though ;)

  2. Wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm amazed to see that slashdot has sunk to making fun of the learning disabled. Shame on you.

  3. Re:downhill by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Hella cool? It was the lamest, campiest, most unbelievable pile of utter DRECK the world has ever seen. (Well, aside from Babylon 5)