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Old March 2nd 05, 04:57 PM
George Patterson
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jls wrote:

How so? Not disputing, just curious why.


Copyright and trademark laws. You can't do an obvious takeoff of someone's
successful advertising campaign without risk. As an example, in the early 80s,
someone tried to market shirts with a belly-up, obviously dead alligator over
the pocket. IZOD cleaned up in court and put them out of business. Another
company in New York marketed a wine under the label "Big Blue" (I have a bottle
of their "Compatible White"). IBM didn't care for that one very much, either.
This would be even more blatant and hence, more easily taken to court.

George Patterson
I prefer Heaven for climate but Hell for company.