Republicans fight the use of their elephant logo
Don’t mess with their elephant.
Or at least, don’t infringe on what the Republican National Committee refers to as the Official Elephant Logo (Federal Trademark Registration 1908397). The phrase appears in a letter demanding that a Web-based t-shirt company 'cease and desist' from putting a version of the iconic Republican symbol on shirts and other merchandise.
The demands from the RNC to the California-based CafePress.com put the committee at the intersection of political speech and trademark law, legal experts said. The company is refusing to comply with the letter, despite a second letter from the committee referring to 'further action'.
Published on: Fri, Jul. 18, 2008
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