no more frowny face emotiocon, it's been trademarked, 7million sued weee!

[j00]

http://www.despair.com/demotivators/frownonthis.html

hurumph. links check out but dunno how legit it is.

 

[Rendus]

As seen on the bottom of the link you posted:



<< Articles and items appearing in our &quot;Recent Spin&quot; are satirical and are not intended to be an accurate portrayal of the persons, companies or events depicted within them. >>



They, indeed, did get a trademark on &quot;:-(&quot; though.

 

[j00]

yeah, i was more so pointing out that it was actually registered. the title was just for attention so i wonder if is legal for me to use :Q

 

[smp]

OH MY LORD JEBUS!!! What the f_ck is that all about anyways? I read only the first bit, but that was enough for me.. &quot;threatens to sue anyone and everyone who uses the frowny emoticon in their online correspondences&quot;.. f_ck them..

or
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or whatever.. evil.. evil

 

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sue me.
I would laugh out lound in court.

 

[Viper GTS]

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Sue me.

Viper GTS

 

[adams]

How sad :-(

 

[Wangel]

Sue already did me!

 

[thelanx]

F^ck them! I'll shove their f^cking registered trademark bullsh!t up their @sses. Then I'll sit back and

Who gave them the right to register it? They didn't invent it. The people should sue them for private use of a public symbol. The symbol belongs to the people.

 

[DataFly]

That's like registering &quot;hello&quot; or &quot;I'm not happy.&quot;
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