I have to concede this one to you, Mr. Coward! I hadn't thought that all the way through. Suppose either nobody's tried to sue because it's not cost-effective-- that doesn't make it legal. Also, I could be eating cereal from the same company in a different box. They could be counting on 'perceived quality' to drive the branded type, or just putting all the crappy o's in the generic box.
At least by example. Consider breakfast cereal-- just this morning I had some Toasy-O's in a big yellow rip-off cheerios box. I have a box of Corn Bursts (corn pops anybody?) that's getting a little stale, too. Same product. Nearly the same package. Fifty different companies, and nobody's getting sued. I think that a look-and-feel lawsuit, however justified, is on shaky ground with our legal system.
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Except that Max was an actor in a rubber mask with the videotape post-edited to make it really jerky. No CG there. But it WAS cool...
I have to concede this one to you, Mr. Coward! I hadn't thought that all the way through. Suppose either nobody's tried to sue because it's not cost-effective-- that doesn't make it legal. Also, I could be eating cereal from the same company in a different box. They could be counting on 'perceived quality' to drive the branded type, or just putting all the crappy o's in the generic box.
MMmmmmmMmmm.... cereal!
At least by example. Consider breakfast cereal-- just this morning I had some Toasy-O's in a big yellow rip-off cheerios box. I have a box of Corn Bursts (corn pops anybody?) that's getting a little stale, too. Same product. Nearly the same package. Fifty different companies, and nobody's getting sued. I think that a look-and-feel lawsuit, however justified, is on shaky ground with our legal system.