Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Legal Monstrosity

Clearly, no one and nothing is safe from the litigious wrath of Monster Cable, who has sued time and again because their names are too similar to other entities. This time it's a mini golf company.

Looking back at their history, founder Noel Lee & Co. have sued Disney for Monsters, Inc., Bally Gaming for Monster Slots slot machines, the people who make Monster Energy drinks, and the Chicago Bears, because their nickname is "Monsters of the Midway." Since they think their customers are too stupid to know the difference, here's plenty more suits for them to file (via Gizmodo).

The Green Monster, Boston's left field wall at Fenway Park
• The Flying Spaghetti Monster
• Monster Trucks
• A
town in the Netherlands
Hillary Clinton
• The Cookie Monster
Giant Monster Movies
• The
Monsters of Rock Tour
Monster Sushi, a sushi chain in NY
• The dance
The Monster Mash
• Everybody named "Noel Lee"
• Ugly people who look like monsters
• The Loch Ness Monster
• Unreal Tournament for their M-M-M-M-M-Monster kill
• This wikipedia entry for
monster
• Charlize Theron for acting in the movie called
Monster
• The cartoon show Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
• An
arrangement of matter that has maximum disorder
• The Ducati Monster motorcycle
The cataloging app Delicious Library's creator
• Monster Park, the ballpark in SF, even though they're the ones who bought out the name

1 comment:

famous m said...

I always had my suspicions that some kind of lesser deity was lurking in your nether-regions...never thought it would have been the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Your blessing is your curse.