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ThinkGeek's Best Ever Cease-and-Desist Letter
ThinkGeek, sister company to Slashdot, received a meticulously researched (except on one point) 12-page cease-and-desist letter from the National Pork Board. What had the meat lobbyists up in arms was an April Fools product from the TG catalog: Radiant Farms Canned Unicorn Meat, whose copy included the line "the new white meat." The NPB figured this was confusingly similar to their trademarked "the other white meat" (an advertising slogan the pork industry is considering retiring anyway). Geeknet, parent company of Thinkgeek and Slashdot, issued a press release apologizing for any confusion; you can read it on ThinkGeek's site (PDF), because the newswires refused to distribute it for some reason. Oh, and ThinkGeek has no intention of taking down the protected parody.
SPAM is a contraction of SPiced hAM; what is the acronym for Canned Unicorn Meat? Have they considered changing the slogan to "Enjoy some tasty CUM today!"?
I've abandoned my search for truth; now I'm just looking for some useful delusions.
Unicorn meat is murder!
Stop the needless killing of endangered species!
Actually, there's a shorter name for those.
DRM: Terminator crops for your mind!
i dunno, baconless bacon double cheeseburger doesnt look shorter to me.
turn up the jukebox and tell me a lie
Are you deliberately ignoring the fact that Slashdot's audience are rapid unicorn enthusiasts?
my Nick is relevant to a Slashdot story.
ThinkGeek FTW!
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How many people has the California Milk Processor Board sued for the literally hundreds of infringements of their "Got ____?" Trademark?
Dunno. Got Citation?
Crumb's Corollary: Never bring a knife to a bun fight.
It's not got much spam in it...
I'ld like to read a transcript of the phone call where they told them unicords don't exist.
Actually, in Saskatchewan the Pork Producers came up with This slogan:
"Pork. The one you love!"
Unfortunately, they forgot the period on the signs they marketed all over the province...
If it ain't broke, DON'T fix it.
Close, but the true moral of the story is that you are herewith obligated, under statutes pertinent to your jurisdiction, to retain the services of a qualified legal professional, registered in your jurisdiction to prepare, submit, review, approve, publish and otherwise process all documents using terminology carefully worded to minimize any risk of exposure to further recrimination or liability. (at $85 per word or $1500 per hr charged in 6 minutes blocks, whichever is greater)
sign, here, here, and here and initial here
...and here
Ahh - My eye!
The doctor said I'm not supposed to get Slashdot in it!
Son,
Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Yours truly,
Flying Sky Daddy