Best Buy Hands Out Cease & Desist Letters for Christmas

arrenlex writes "Improv Everywhere, a NY-based comedy group, was served a Cease & Desist notice by Best Buy for selling 'improv everywhere' shirts modeled after the blue Best Buy uniform. But that's not the interesting part. From the blog post: 'Here's where the story gets interesting. Today, Best Buy sent a C&D to our friend Scott Beale over at laughingsquid.com threatening legal action unless he removes the blog post referencing our shirts! They're threatening to sue someone for just covering the news story of the shirts!'"

Comments

Lawyers work harder than Marketing

[Vicarius]

Even if that logo is remotely similar to Best Buy's, why would BB pass up on a free advertising, and good one at that. If you look at "improv everywhere" logo/t-shirt and think of Best Buy's logo, Best Buy clearly wins because you are thinking of them.

Re:Alternatives?

[Rogerborg]

I like to shop for and buy video games at real brick&mortar stores.

There must be a hundred thousand women all across this great nation who cry themselves to sleep every night with a black eye, comforting themselves with the thought that they can make this relationship work if they just try harder to change him.

So how about you stop being such a pathetic co-dependent doormat? They won't change. They'll never change. There is no good option. Quit taking the punches and move out.