From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V7 #246 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Monday, December 9 2002 Volume 07 : Number 246 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Alloy: Beatniking a dead horse? ["Crackers" ] Alloy: Dolby's Beer Goggles. ["Crackers" ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 02:43:30 -0800 From: "Crackers" Subject: Re: Alloy: Beatniking a dead horse? - ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Krzysko" > Dilution is a much harder case to prove for a trademark, and it's really > hard if the trademark is a common word. One of the most famous of these cases in recent history would be Mattel vs. Aqua when Mattel sued the band and it's label because of the song "Barbie Girl". Mattel recently sued (and lost) a british artist who made bondage gear for Barbie dolls and sold them. Starbucks, however, did successfully sue a person selling T-shirts that parodied the Starbucks logo but read "Corporate Whore". Crackers Ghastly's Ghastly Comic http://ghastly.keenspace.com ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2002 02:44:52 -0800 From: "Crackers" Subject: Alloy: Dolby's Beer Goggles. http://www.townonline.com/chelmsford/news/local_regional/ci_newcisciencep112 62002.htm Cute title for an article about a pair of glasses that let you see the world through the eyes of a drunk. Crackers Ghastly's Ghastly Comic http://ghastly.keenspace.com ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V7 #246 ***************************