I got the idea for this post from one of the dozen or so negative comments I get a week.

The usual religious wackos, anti-gay guys, jealous people and just nasty people who obviously enjoy reading my blog and taking time out of their lives to message me.  One of the comments last week on my post about returning to Aussie in February was a very happy person saying how much the Aussie media is looking forward to my return in light of something that happened over 2 years ago.

2 years ago the Evil Speedo Corporate sued me in the Australian High Court over using the word speedo.  I emailed the judge and told him that obviously I couldn’t afford to defend myself and that my use of the word speedo was in the generic context.  The judge was nice but told me it didn’t matter.  I might have hinted that his judgement wouldn’t really matter either as I thought it would be difficult to impose any restrictions or penalties.

I did go to the court, nobody recognised me although I was probably the only person in the court room wearing speedos (under my jeans).  The Evil Speedo Corporation had a full table of expensive lawyers and my poor table had nobody.  The judge ruled in their favour, I was never allowed to utter the word speedo ever again.

Doesn’t really seem like much has changed.

What I found quite ironic was that the mainstream press I received in Australia and the UK (where the Evil Speedo Corporation is based after some faceless conglomerate bought the iconic Australian brand) was fantastic for business.

Back to the nasty comment I received last week, I really don’t think the Australian media will be at the airport waiting for me – would be good for business though.

Hope you guys had a good weekend, I had a big one on Friday night and now that it is Sunday afternoon I’m starting to feel normal again.

Here are some guys wearing speedos for you guys (not Speedo speedos).

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?