Hey Playboy, INC people....might wanna see this...
 

haha, someone here in town is jacking the Playboy name to get party goers to come to their event

http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i2...ghts_front.jpg

Lol, that's no good....

haha. yeah thats not gonna fly. i remember when some rookie club promoter in san diego jacked the bunny for a party and was calling it the official afterhours for something or another. they quickly shut him down.

That'll be bad for someone's morning.

hah damn, thats pretty dumb

the smart thing is they aren't using the rabbit. they'll still get burned on calling it playboy mansion, but that bunny thing has fucked alot alot of people.

holy shit, they arn't even trying to skate around it

They change it out for the Playboy butterfly

Good catch. Their life is about to become miserable.

THANKS!

:helpme ...

I almost feel sympathy for the poor SOB's...

almost.

and here comes playboy

I know exactly where that's at. Shame on those guys.

lol jace you snitch!

see what happens when you don't book DJ Jace? HAHAHAHAHHAA


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Must be the blue hair :helpme

I dont believe the words PLAYMATE, PLAYBOY MANSION are words that can be copyrighted so they might get away with it

i see stuff like that all the time...you guys actually want a heads up on it?

just the other day i saw a sign for Playboy party...or something of that nature

You are such a ass hehe

you mean playboy is going to go after some bullshit party but won't go after content thieves stealing playboy content left and right and using various dating sites to make money with it?

There are people that have read/will read this thread whose lives you need to be making miserable...

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Oh, the irony...

the most they're going to get is a cease and desist order.. lol

You guys should come out with a reward program, no one would ever use your trademarks again.

rat!!!!!

I imagine there must be times when the term playboy could be used in language and some things expresed or described as a matter of it being used in it's general meaning by the dictionary and it's use by someone in that sense, after all the word exisited beofre the magazine and company did, for they didn't invent the term, it already existed, and it's use to that extent still would not be a problem sometimes, unless it directly infringed on something about the company in some way to confuse people or misrepresent something, especially commerciall or anything for profit or gain, etc. but any use of the term at all isn't wrong or out of bounds

hmm, it's kind of grey, they where very clever with their wordin such as using words (like a playmate) and (turning into the playboy mansion)

hahahah thats an easy one for the lawyers

Jimmy, not really grey at all. Look at the image... the biggest word on the page is "PLAYMATE!". If I take a 1 second glance at that promo, I would think that it would be a party involving playboy girls. The "Playboy Mansion" is also fairly clear, and that adds to the impression that playboy might be part of it.

Slam dunk, no problem. These guys better get out the lube because they are about to get bunny fucked.

but have they (Playboy) copyrighted or trademarked or servicemarked the term playmate specifically?

wonder if they follow up on that

bunny fucked

oh lord, I just snorted out my coffee

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh For some reason i'm getting turned on hearing that...

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Why do you keep avoiding the zango questions?

I find it strange they go after something so petty when they are being fucked stupid by their own advertisers like AFF and DatingGold

Alright, I just found the following:

Litigation

On the January 14, 2004, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that Playboy Enterprises Inc.'s (PEI) trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate" should be protected even in Internet searches that prompt pop-up advertisements. The suit originally started on April 15, 1999, when Playboy sued Excite Inc. and Netscape for trademark infringement. Attorneys Barry Felder, Catherine McGrath and Matthew Moren represented Playboy.

taken from:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy

so yes, they have the term playmate trademarked as well as playboy

another informative article of value is at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playboy_Enterprises

I hope my topical post has been informative,
& viewed as being of some value, thank you.

On the flip side:

In 1997, Welles started an online business selling pictures of herself. On her website, she described herself as a former Playboy model and Playmate of the Year. Playboy Enterprises, which was starting up its own online business at this time, sued Welles in 1998, claiming that it had the exclusive right to use of its trademark terms "Playboy" and "Playmate of the Year" for commercial purposes. The outcome of the suit, Playboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Welles[1], was that virtually all of Welles' uses of the terms were considered nominative uses, and did not infringe.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terri_Welles

Doubt you'll get a response on that one... :1orglaugh

thats asking for a shitload of problems thats a given....