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| From | Rich <rich@example.invalid> |
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| Newsgroups | comp.misc |
| Subject | A Brooklyn Artist Trademarked The 'Pi' Symbol, And People Are Furious |
| Date | 2014-06-04 01:11 +0000 |
| Organization | My Linux Box |
| Message-ID | <lmlro8$3qa$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
http://www.businessinsider.com/someone-managed-to-copyright-pi-2014-6#ixzz33cigyCrG "Turns out you can't have your "pi," and eat it too." "In January 2014, a Brooklyn artist named Paul Ingrisano trademarked the 3,000-year old mathematical symbol "\u03c0" followed by a period, and is actively protecting his mark, Wired's Kevin Poulsen reports." "Ingrisano, who uses the design on shirts he sells through his company, PI Productions Corp., reportedly discovered that the custom t-shirt printing site Zazzle was selling merchandise featuring the pi symbol, and had an attorney send a cease-and-desist letter to the site (see below)." ...
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A Brooklyn Artist Trademarked The 'Pi' Symbol, And People Are Furious Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 01:11 +0000
Re: A Brooklyn Artist Trademarked The 'Pi' Symbol, And People Are Furious David Hume <David.Hume@example.com> - 2014-06-04 09:57 +0100
Re: A Brooklyn Artist Trademarked The 'Pi' Symbol, And People Are Furious Ben Bacarisse <ben.usenet@bsb.me.uk> - 2014-06-04 11:00 +0100
Re: A Brooklyn Artist Trademarked The 'Pi' Symbol, And People Are Furious Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2014-06-04 10:02 +0000
Re: A Brooklyn Artist Trademarked The 'Pi' Symbol, And People Are Furious Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2014-06-04 14:05 +0100
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