I was thinking about the whole
Britknee IN THE ZONE trademark infringement lawsuit
Since receiving a cease and desist letter from Lite Breeze requesting that Ms. Spears and the other defendants stop using its IN THE ZONE trademark, the Spears camp has allegedly pulled from sale all t-shirts using the IN THE ZONE trademark.
Ms. Spears' unauthorized use of the trademark is in direct contradiction to her 2002 public service announcements warning people against music piracy and theft of intellectual property. In those announcements, Ms. Spears stated that downloading music from the Internet is the same as going into a CD store and stealing the CD. See Spears Warns Against Piracy, BBC, Sept. 26, 2002.
In the lawsuit, Ms. Spears is accused of stealing the intellectual property, i.e. the trademark, of Lite Breeze. If Lite Breeze is successful in its lawsuit, Ms. Spears and the other defendants could be ordered to turn over all profits earned for Spears' In The Zone CD, the related tour and merchandising, and all damages to Lite Breeze.
and a few things came to mind:
Despite the fact that the term seems to cliche to be protectible, you'd think she'd could throw a few dollars at some lawyers to clear the mark.
Is it possible that there are more in the zone plaintiff's lurking?
Although a potentially lucrative payoff awaits some lucky defense counsel, it's completely possible that the damages to plaintiff is zero.
You think we can still find some in the zone t-shirts on ebay?
