After somewhat of a hiatus, I return to the blog with two of my favorite subjects in one story: Trademark infringement and the San Francisco Giants (defending World Series Champions, of course).
It appears that federal agents seized over 2,400 t-shirts and baseball caps destined for Port au Prince, Haiti, bearing the registered trademarks of the SF Giants and famous slogans from the 2010 season, such as "Fear the Beard," a reference to the Giants' feared closer Brian Wilson's (in)famous mane, which generated huge amounts of publicity, and imitation, during the 2010 season.
Best part of the article:
"Look at this," said assistant special agent Anthony Ho as he held up a shirt that referred to the city as 'Frisco,' "There's no way anyone from San Francisco would tolerate this. This is what we call, in investigative terms, 'a clue.'"
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9 years ago
The article sounds like such entrepreneurship IS being tolerated — sending the shirts "where they're needed most."!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like the Feds are donating the shirts to Haiti, rather than allow the counterfeiters to profit off of the knock-offs via sales in Haiti.
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