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March 09, 2007

Them's fightin' words

Check out this week’s WAR OF THE WORDS:

Businessweek reports that in Beijing, China, a pharmaceutical company was refused permission to use the name of a disgraced official as a trademark to sell rat poison.

Forbes reports that Jimi Hendrix’s sister, Janie Hendrix, is suing a Seattle company, which is backed by other relatives, for using the legendary guitarist’s image to sell vodka under the name Electric Hendrix.

The Hill reports that two well-known business trade associations, namely the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, are embroiled in a legal battle as to the right to use the words "United States" and "chamber of commerce."

JSOnline reports a “food fight” between Palermo's Pizza and Trader Joe's. The complaint claims that Trader Joe's Pizza Palermo frozen pizzas are trading unfairly on the Palermo's Pizza frozen pizza brand. The fun twist to this story is that Palermo is not only the last name of the family that owns the company that makes Palermo's Pizza, Palermo is also a city in Sicily, Italy, having a style of pepperoni pizza distinctive to the region.

Posted by Emily E. Campbell at 03:30 PM.
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