2007

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NY Times: “Anarchists in the Aisles? Stores Provide a Stage“:

Otherwise known as reverse shoplifting, shopdropping involves surreptitiously putting things in stores, rather than illegally taking them out, and the motivations vary.
Anti-consumerist artists slip replica products packaged with political messages onto shelves while religious proselytizers insert pamphlets between the pages of gay-and-lesbian

CNN.COM: Court Orders Cartoon Characters To Witness Stand:

An Italian court ordered the animated bird, along with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and his girlfriend Daisy, to testify in a counterfeiting case.
In what lawyers believe was a clerical error worthy of a Looney Tunes cartoon, a court in Naples sent a summons to the characters

Many pieces worth reading in the Lovells September (sic) newsletter I received today including:
“When Does a CTM Have A Reputation in the Community” by Verena Bomhard
“New Relative Grounds System for UK Trademarks” by Anat Paz
“Stopping Comparative Advertising in the UK” by Sahira Khwaja
“Russia’s Highest court Confirms H&M’s Success Against Company Name