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Using the brand is wrong but making a similar product? Isn't what she did in the first place?
by neuralRiot 8y ago
Using the brand is wrong but making a similar product? Isn't what she did in the first place?
- ada1981 8y agoRight. Appropriates a handmade native Brazilian bikini, has it made in China and makes $9MM. Sues others for making similar designs.
- magic_beans 8y agoThis is essentially the story of Supreme.
- hiccuphippo 8y agoOr the story of Disney.
- berbec 8y agoAs much as I think Disney is a bunch of over-sueing bastards, with one expecption I can think of [1], they use stuff in the public domain. 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimba_the_White_Lion https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kimba_the_White_Lion
- quadrangle 8y agoAlso, to be fair, Disney does a lot of real creativity with the public domain stories they adapt. They aren't just copies.
- humanrebar 8y agoThe originals don't have enough merchandising tie ins.
- sincerely 8y agoDoes supreme sue people for anything besides using their logo??
- simplecomplex 8y agoEven their logo makes no sense as a trade mark. Supreme is a common noun, and uses one of the most common typefaces, Helvetica, on a solid red background. There’s no unique aspect to their logo at all. Maybe I should start a company named The. Start suing any product line prefixed with “The”
- alasdair_ 8y ago>Supreme is a common noun, and uses one of the most common typefaces, Helvetica, on a solid red background. It's an italic version of (or very similar to) "Futura bold oblique" and it was used in white on a red background by the artist Barbara Kruger as (massive irony here) a critique of consumerism. Supreme then took that influence to create their logo.
- monadgonad 8y ago> Supreme is a common noun, and uses one of the most common typefaces, Helvetica, on a solid red background. There’s no unique aspect to their logo at all. So? Together they make a recognisable brand. That's what matters. > Maybe I should start a company named The. Start suing any product line prefixed with “The” You can't sue "any product line", only ones in the same sector which could be confused with yours. McDonald's can't sue a car mechanic called McDonald's. Good luck making "The" a recognisable brand in any sector.