• Woman sued over trademark-infringing last name
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I know a guy who has the last name of Cox, he hasn't been sued although someone did say "You suck, Cox!" to him once.
[QUOTE=Silentfood;36547233]article is bullshit. someone seems to be confused on their sex. or the translator can't tell between male and female.[/QUOTE] Isn't Ms used for "Master" as well as "Miss"?
[QUOTE=Azur;36552177]Isn't Ms used for "Master" as well as "Miss"?[/QUOTE] Then again what teacher in their right mind would call themselves "master figaro".
Good thing I wasn't named FunnyJunk.
Thought her last name would be "Scrolls".
Step 1: Start family business Step 2: Sue family members
[QUOTE=D3TBS;36548346]Sure, sometimes they work against us[/QUOTE] The police are far less likely to be used against you than the copyright system.
Oh no, my last name is Miller! I guess Ill be sued by Miller Welding and Miller Brewing.
In case the article confused you : There is a newspaper in France called [url=http://www.lefigaro.fr/]Le Figaro[/url]. They have a secondary magazine called [url=http://madame.lefigaro.fr/]Le Figaro Madame[/url]. They decided to sue that woman because she has a blog called Madame Figaro as well. The issue is [B]not about her being named Figaro[/B] but about [B]having a blog with a name similar to a magazine[/B]. The issue is still dumb as fuck but you should get it right.
[QUOTE=Ganerumo;36553309]In case the article confused you : There is a newspaper in France called the Figaro. They have a secondary magazine called [url=http://madame.lefigaro.fr/]Le Figaro Madame[/url]. They decided to sue that woman because she has a blog called Madame Figaro as well. The issue is [B]not about her being named Figaro[/B] but about having a blog [B]with a name similar to a magazine[/B]. The issue is still dumb as fuck but you should get it right.[/QUOTE] Holy shit, I was hoping someone who knew French would come and translate this properly. The Google Translate version was nonsense to me, I was going based on what other people were saying.
my last name is nystrom, i should be sued by the map company
[QUOTE=cecilbdemodded;36551427]I know a guy who has the last name of Cox, he hasn't been sued although someone did say "You suck, Cox!" to him once.[/QUOTE] There's a guy who's well known in the Godzilla fan community whose name is Richard Cox. Give me a list of names Richard can be shortened to and I can tell you why that's an unfortunate name.
[QUOTE=Silentfood;36547233]article is bullshit. someone seems to be confused on their sex. or the translator can't tell between male and female.[/QUOTE] It's the Pyro.
My last name is Blue. Gosh, how many copyright lawsuits would I- *Suddenly buried in tons of papers* Sillyness aside, this is asinine. Edit: Oh, read the correction above. Still...
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