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03-30-2009, 01:24 AM
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Johnny Cupcakes threatens legal actions for use of his logo on sorority t-shirts
This just happened on my campus, and I thought it was interesting with today's array of themed t-shirts. Thoughts?
This is from Johnny Cupcakes blog
http://www.johnnycupcakes.com/blog/view/1608
And this is the article from the Syracuse University student newspaper
http://media.www.dailyorange.com/med...-3680351.shtml
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03-30-2009, 02:23 AM
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I understand fully why he would be upset, but the manner in which he handled it I found to be unprofessional, pretentious, and even a little immature.
There was no need to refer to the Delta Gamma ladies as "a friggin' crappy sorority," nor was there any need to subject them to public humiliation.
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03-30-2009, 06:27 AM
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I understand fully why he would be upset, but the manner in which he handled it I found to be unprofessional, pretentious, and even a little immature.
There was no need to refer to the Delta Gamma ladies as "a friggin' crappy sorority," nor was there any need to subject them to public humiliation.
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Absolutely.
Plus, his product is ugly.
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03-30-2009, 07:01 AM
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I wonder if the artist he highlighted in his blog has cleared his use of the Boston Celtics trademarked graphics.
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03-30-2009, 07:26 AM
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I know I'm not really "hip" or whatever, but seriously - should I know who this guy is? Is it a West Coast thing? 
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03-30-2009, 07:31 AM
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I know I'm not really "hip" or whatever, but seriously - should I know who this guy is? Is it a West Coast thing? |
I was thinking the same thing.
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03-30-2009, 09:52 AM
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I know I'm not really "hip" or whatever, but seriously - should I know who this guy is? Is it a West Coast thing? |
I'm glad it's not just me. I'd never heard of him or his clothes until this thread.
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03-30-2009, 11:43 AM
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I know I'm not really "hip" or whatever, but seriously - should I know who this guy is? Is it a West Coast thing? |
No not really. He just opened his LA store within the past year. But his "cult" following is usually in New England, specifically Boston.
I own a couple of his things, but he definitely didn't handle the situation appropriately. I'm disappointed.
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03-31-2009, 06:24 PM
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I know I'm not really "hip" or whatever, but seriously - should I know who this guy is? Is it a West Coast thing? |
This story is from Syracuse, NY. Why would anyone think it was a "West coast thing"? I've never heard of the guy.
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03-31-2009, 06:50 PM
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I know I'm not really "hip" or whatever, but seriously - should I know who this guy is? Is it a West Coast thing? |
I'm glad I'm not the only who thought this.
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04-01-2009, 08:11 PM
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Absolutely.
Plus, his product is ugly.
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I've never even heard of him until I saw this thread.
His stuff's just as viral as Ed Hardy, and anyone who wears either should be shot.
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03-30-2009, 02:24 AM
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Not suprised, people should not be violating patent law. This also happen when I was active, it was when Calvin and Hobbes was big.
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03-30-2009, 10:53 AM
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i tend to agree it was a shitty way to address the issue, but i know this isn't the first or last time a sorority or fraternity will use trademarked logos or designs for their own purposes. maybe if people got called on this crap more often they'd stop doing it.
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03-30-2009, 11:19 AM
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Wow - that guy's an asshole.
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03-30-2009, 11:21 AM
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He's also been in other lawsuits claiming other t-shirt companies are stealing his ideas. I think he likes to stir things up.
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