Post #119647 by Gigantalope on Thu, Oct 14, 2004 7:49 PM

Certain Corporations have litigated competition out of business. The Parent Company of Samuel Adams has closed cause small breweries to go broke because they use the words Boston and Brewery in thier company name.

If a big company thinks you've gone too far with steeling logos, they will force you under unless you can afford to play the game, or it's a waste of thier time.

ASCAP makes it a point to drag a Mom and Pop restaurant under the bus every few months to make other business owners who have TVs and Juke Boxes pay thier quarterly fees to them.

The rule of thumb I was taught when using one design for something else is changing it 15%...Who the hell can guess what % is what is a joke.

There have been some funny cases where these points have come up in court..."The Flying Toaster" case was my favorite.

The Key to not getting in trouble is not to hurt the image of the company, and not to make any money doing it.

I think Trader Vic's stole the image from an episode of Johnny Quest.

[ Edited by: Gigantalope on 2004-10-14 19:50 ]