ThinkGeek's Best Ever Cease-and-Desist Letter 264
ThinkGeek, sister company to Slashdot, received a meticulously researched (except on one point) 12-page cease-and-desist letter from the National Pork Board. What had the meat lobbyists up in arms was an April Fools product from the TG catalog: Radiant Farms Canned Unicorn Meat, whose copy included the line "the new white meat." The NPB figured this was confusingly similar to their trademarked "the other white meat" (an advertising slogan the pork industry is considering retiring anyway). Geeknet, parent company of Thinkgeek and Slashdot, issued a press release apologizing for any confusion; you can read it on ThinkGeek's site (PDF), because the newswires refused to distribute it for some reason. Oh, and ThinkGeek has no intention of taking down the protected parody.
This trademark has been mocked from day one (Score:3, Interesting)
Interesting (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Pat yourselves on the back much? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:New slogan? (Score:1, Interesting)
"Pork: Now with Bacon!" is probably the best slogan in the world!