October 24, 2006
Trademark Laws vs. Free Speech
A small environmental group in Texas with the...name of "Downwinders at Risk" created a large styrofoam effigy of Texas Governor Rick Perry kissing a dirty smokestack that emblazoned with logos of several Texas polluters.
After the effigy was displayed outside a gubernatorial campaign
debate, one of the polluters, TXU, threatened to sue for trademark
infringement and dilution unless DAR removes its logo from the effigy.
Midlothian-based Downwinders at Risk's float criticizes TXU Corp. and Gov. Rick Perry for plans to build new coal-fired power plants.
story | Dallas News via/archived: Politech
~Texas Ranger cowboy justice will sort it out!
Posted by Stubbornson at October 24, 2006 12:37 PM