Trademarks can ruin your life

Cory Doctorow at Boing Boing says IP law is out-of-control:

This is an astonishing story about a disabled veteran/information studies grad husband-and-wife team in Florida who set up a noncommercial website called "Virtual Office Team." Robert Half International, a California company, sicced its New York lawyers on the poor couple, who have $100 in the bank and live on VA benefits. Robert Half International asserts a trademark on OFFICETEAM...

He points to a letter from Larry Lessig's site imploring every attorney, senator, representative, reporter, writer and legal office that they could find in Florida and New York for help.

Thanks to The Manifest Border for the heads up.