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Re: NY MTA Claims SFMTA Parody Infringes on Trademarks |
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Posted by metropod on Wed Aug 26 12:23:23 2009, in response to Re: NY MTA Claims SFMTA Parody Infringes on Trademarks, posted by arnine on Wed Aug 26 06:28:52 2009. MUNI is not a for profit business. the MTA steped in because they hold the copyright/trademark on the N in a bullet logo (reguardless of color) and the guy is in this to make money. An argument can be made as to if this is really what the law would consider a parody, reguardless of what the guy selling the shirts might say.A simliar example; Pat Riley, coach of the Lakers in the 1980s, has a completely legel trademark on the word "three-peat" when used on mercehndise. when the Bulls and the Yankees both won thier third titles in a row, they had to pay Mr. Riley to put "three-peat" on shirts and mugs and those sorts of things. in 2005, someone involed with the USC football team tried to get a trademark on "Three-pete"(note spelling) inrefence to the the team's coach, Pete Carroll. the Patent office said no becuase it was too close to Three-peat. The MTA has a trademark on the colorless designs of some of these bullets, in this case the N, that says they are the only ones who can go and make shirts and other stuff with that design. I'm sorry, but this time, the MTA is right. |
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