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Sanders Campaign Accused of Trademark Bullying By Web Site (buzzfeed.com)
An anonymous reader writes: Buzzfeed is reporting that "An online merchant has accused the Bernie Sanders campaign of 'trademark bullying'. after a Bernie 2016, Inc. attorney sent him a cease and desist letter regarding t-shirts, mugs, and sweatshirts depicting the candidate with historic communist leaders..." The t-shirt's designer tells Buzzfeed "He didn't seem to be the type of candidate, the type of guy, who would do something like this... I would think Bernie, or one of his staff members will step in and put an end to it. It appears to be pretty silly."
In January Ars Technica reported that lawyers for the Sanders campaign had demanded their logo be removed from pages on Wikipedia -- before later withdrawing that DMCA notice.
In January Ars Technica reported that lawyers for the Sanders campaign had demanded their logo be removed from pages on Wikipedia -- before later withdrawing that DMCA notice.
He's a trump supporter, so counting to two is really high for him.
Profit != Speech
The guy can make as many of the shirts as he wants. He just can't sell them without Sanders' permission.
Also, it may be tantamount to defamation in the US. After all, it's a federal crime to be a communist or show any support for communism-related organizations.