It was nearly 10 years ago when the ‘Evil Speedo Corporation’ sued me in the Australian High Court.
The whole thing made the Sydney Morning Herald – click here for the article in the paper.
There was no way possible I could afford to defend myself, at court the Evil Speedo Corporation had five lawyers, but I did email the judge and argue that:
- I wasn’t living in Australia at the time, and the ‘business’ was not based in anyway in Australia, so I’m not sure how an Australian Court could make such a ruling.
- My use of the word ‘speedo’ was generic for male swim briefs. My example is that I use the term “Speedo brand speedos”. For example: jacuzzi, chapstick, dumpster, jetski, bubblewrap.
Because I didn’t have the financial resources to defend myself, the ‘Evil Speedo Corporation’ won, but I only lost a domain name. I’m sure it cost them a fortune in legal fees.
One of the funny things that happened during that time was they had hired private investigators to find ‘Dave Evans’ and they knocked on the door of a guy in Sydney. Turns out, that Dave Evans is gay (maybe they stalked his social media), he loves speedos, but he didn’t know about my websites. He emailed me telling me about the knock on his door and he became a member.
Over the years they occasionally hassle me and I have to change domain names. I’d like to think I’m promoting their products and instead of the legal fees they have been wasting, they should pay me to mention their products over say AussieBum speedos or ADIDAS speedos.
I’m not sure why I got on to that little story but someone sent me through this video of some body surfing athletes that Speedo does sponsor.
I think it is great that they are promoting wearing speedos. Do you wear speedos when body surfing? I know I do.
I’ve even worn a speedo surfing. It was with a member and yes… we did have speedo sex on his car afterwards. Members can read about that experience by clicking here.
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I always beach & bodysurf in a speedo!! But where can I get those suits!!!