Pfizer Sues Viva Viagra Rocket Crackpot Over Trademark

Courtesy Techdirt  Fri, 10/10/2008 - 14:23

It's amazing that companies still don't recognize when it's probably best to shackle up the lawyers. A guy in New York who drove around Manhattan with a 25-foot-long fake missile with "Viva Viagra" painted on its side, has been sued by Pfizer , the maker of the drug Viagra for trademark infringement.

It's questionable how Pfizer convinced a judge that this is use "in commerce," but apparently it worked as a judge has barred him from driving around with...


 

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