07-18-2008, 10:34 AM
...for allowing CafePress users to promote Republican candidates. tolensmiley:
full article: http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2008/0...c-for.html
Quote:The latest abuse of trademark law to suppress discussion of topics of substantial public interest comes from not from a company, like most of the trademark abuses previously discussed on this blog, such as here and here, but from the Republican National Committee, which has threatened to sue CafePress.com because its users are selling t-shirts, stickers and other items bearing designs that refer to Republicans and Republican candidates using the initials "GOP" or using various portrayals of elephants...
...although some of the uses of the elephant and "GOP" are certainly critical of the GOP, the majority of the images over which the RNC has threatened to sue reflect positive opinions about Republicans. Several designs simply put the elephant logo on a t-shirt, so that the wearer can walk around bragging about his or her adherence to Republicanism. Others make highly favorable comments on Republicanism, such as a design portraying a larger elephant trailed by two smaller elephants and the words, "I'm raising my children right," or a picture of an elephant and the initials GOP accompanied by "Don't be an ass, Go Republican." Several other designs place an elephant image next to the name of a Republican candidate. Shouldn't the RNC want more of these images displayed?...
full article: http://pubcit.typepad.com/clpblog/2008/0...c-for.html