A wee while back I posted here about me being ‘sued’ by the Evil Speedo Corporation.
I’ve been told that AussieSpeedoGuy is a terrible infraction on the ‘Speedo’ brand – and thus I am being sued.
My argument is that the term ‘speedo’ is generic. Speedo Sex for example – most of my speedo sex stories involve AussieBum or ADIDAS clothing. I’m pretty sure ‘speedo’ is now a culturally generic term. What do you guys think?
Some other generic terms that I have found that you might be using…. I hope you don’t get sued.
- Aspirin – owned by Bayer
- Dry Ice – that is a trademark as well
- Escalator – one of my favourite Queenstown snowboarding runs is in violation of trademark
- Zipper – was a trademark of an old tyre company
- Band-Aid
- Kool-Aid – we know it more for Jim Jones…
- Matchbox… really? Yeah this was owned by Matel the toy company
Anyways – today I got an email telling me I’m due in court next Monday in the Federal Court of Australia. Quite an invitation. I’ve been to the High Court in Canberra a few times but not to the Federal Court.
Unfortunately, I won’t be able to attend.
I figure it on a couple of grounds…. Firstly, I can’t afford a ‘corporate lawyer’ to argue abstract things like this. Secondly, I can’t afford a ‘corporate lawyer’ to argue abstract things like this. Thirdly, I don’t have any money or property or anything else apart from a beat up old car for them to take even if they win and finally…. I have a nice suit but I don’t own a tie, and I’d feel underdressed if I went before a Federal Court Judge without a tie.
Anyways – today some paperwork was done to finalize the date of my ‘suing’ (which is next Monday). Somehow this must have spiked some news because I’ve had 2 emails from reporters asking for interviews.
I’ve had some interviews with fellow bloggers and guys I work with online but not a mainstream reporter. I think I should tell them ‘no comment’. What do you guys think?
