The Off Topic Topic

[Barrister]

No, the joke is these guys ripped off the Electronic Arts logo:

[The Larch]

Unconditioned air?  Is that the gag?

That's AC in Spanish. 

[celedhring]

No, the joke is these guys ripped off the Electronic Arts logo:

Yup. They'll either get sued or, even worse, bought out.

[grumbler]

My understanding is that very similar trademarks are allowed where the businesses are so dissimilar that no confusion would result.  Lawtalkers?

[Sheilbh]

My favourite passing off are the fake Morley's of South London.

Morley's is a small fried chicken chain - and it's not even a particularly good fried chicken shop. But all over South London there are fake Morley's, to the extent that I don't even know if I've ever seen or been to a real Morley's. They include: Moreley's, Mawley's, McMorley's, Peri Peri Morley's, mmm Morley's etc.

All with the same font and branding just their own take. I've no idea how or why it happened, or even if there is a "real" Morley's any more. It's that incessant sliding of the signified under the signifier, but with wings.

[DGuller]

No, the joke is these guys ripped off the Electronic Arts logo:

I have a feeling EA offices are going to be very chilly from now on.

[crazy canuck]

My understanding is that very similar trademarks are allowed where the businesses are so dissimilar that no confusion would result.  Lawtalkers?

Difference in business is a factor to take into consideration in the factual judgment of whether confusion is created.  It is not impossible that a company could still win an infringement case even if the businesses are dissimilar though.  For example if there is evidence of actual confusion created by the similar trademark.  But here, highly unlikely someone is going to think that EA sports has gotten into the AC business. 

[Caliga]

My favourite passing off are the fake Morley's of South London.

Morley's is a small fried chicken chain - and it's not even a particularly good fried chicken shop. But all over South London there are fake Morley's, to the extent that I don't even know if I've ever seen or been to a real Morley's. They include: Moreley's, Mawley's, McMorley's, Peri Peri Morley's, mmm Morley's etc.

All with the same font and branding just their own take. I've no idea how or why it happened, or even if there is a "real" Morley's any more. It's that incessant sliding of the signified under the signifier, but with wings.

There's the same thing in NYC with a ton of (unrelated) pizzerias having near-identical names and logos.  I think it might be "Tony's" ? 

edit:  It's "Ray's", as well as "Original Ray's", "Famous Ray's", "Original Famous Ray's", "World-Famous Ray's", "World-Famous Original Ray's", and so on.

[Syt]

Unconditioned air?  Is that the gag?

Reminds me of that small subcontractor we had in Germany who had the FC Barcelona logo in his letterhead

[Eddie Teach]

My favourite passing off are the fake Morley's of South London.

Morley's is a small fried chicken chain - and it's not even a particularly good fried chicken shop. But all over South London there are fake Morley's, to the extent that I don't even know if I've ever seen or been to a real Morley's. They include: Moreley's, Mawley's, McMorley's, Peri Peri Morley's, mmm Morley's etc.

All with the same font and branding just their own take. I've no idea how or why it happened, or even if there is a "real" Morley's any more. It's that incessant sliding of the signified under the signifier, but with wings.

If you don't know you've been to a real one, how do you know it's bad?

[Syt]

[Admiral Yi]

 

[Josquius]

Word of the day : rantallion.
Someone whose scrotum is bigger than their penis

[Eddie Teach]

Why does there need to be a word for that?   

[Grey Fox]

I wonder if there ever was a dude with a 12 inch+ dinger & a GIANT ballsack.