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April 18, 2005
Warning: 'W' Now Copyrighted.
If anyone was thinking conservatives can't file stupid lawsuits...
A supporter of President Bush is suing the Republican National Committee and one of its suppliers, claiming they stole his design for the ubiquitous "W" bumper sticker logo in the 2004 campaign.Jerry Gossett of Wichita Falls, Texas, says he pitched his design for a logo to the RNC's supplier of campaign materials, The Spalding Group of Lexington, Kentucky, in 2001 and to the RNC in 2003, and was turned down.
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Gossett, inspired by scenes of firefighters raising a flag at the site of the World Trade Center, drew an American flag fluttering from a large W, next to the number 43 for Bush as the 43rd president.
The Spalding design reads "W '04" instead of "W 43," and is rounded, unlike Gossett's rectangular design. Hollander said key elements in the company's design had emerged as early as 1999.
So it sounds like the only similarity between the two was the 'W.' Imagine that, using a 'W' for George W. Bush's campaign. Only one person in a billion could be genius enough to come up with that idea, obviously it was stolen.
Plus, check out the design. Yeah, it's an interesting idea and it might be improved with some work, but it's not particularly attractive. I'm not suprised that the RNC wasn't interested in it. I really doubt they excitedly called up their supplier and pitched the idea to them.
Gossett says he is a loyal Republican and voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004, but has become jaded by his experience."The big RNC against little me, there was absolutely no chance to win," he said.
Yeah, um, I don't care if it was the RNC suing you, this is a lawsuit that shouldn't be won.
Posted by illuminaria at April 18, 2005 03:43 PM