3 month ago
deusx : Hostin: It's Naked Cowboy, 1; naked M&M, 0 - CNN.com - "plausibly argues that consumers would believe that the M&M Cowboy characters were promoting a product rather than merely parodying The Naked Cowboy, and that viewers would believe that The Naked Cowboy had endorsed M&Ms"
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20 month ago
Rod Begbie : NFL Wants To Trademark A Euphemism For Its Trademark - "The league has sought to forbid advertisers from saying things like "Get a new color TV in time for the Super Bowl!", so instead they have to use euphemisms like "The Big Game" instead. [...] But advertisers may have to come up with some new euphemisms n [via] #
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21 month ago
Rod Begbie : BBC NEWS | Deal ends Beatles' Apple battle - It's interesting that this news has been released today, when there were (inaccurate) rumblings a month ago that there would be a Beatles iPod commercial during last night's Superbowl. Makes you wonder if it was planned but pulled. #
plasticbag : Apple and The Beatles finally come to some kind of agreement over the Apple brand w/r/t music - Good news. Not completely astonishing news. Would have to happen eventually. Probably Paul McCartney's even richer now, which I suppose is a good thing.
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