Re: Hollywood sign redux

At 02:05 PM 6/27/2005, you wrote:
>Interesting photo (scroll down) at:
>
>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8101335/site/newsweek/page/2/
>
>So, this is clearly a trademark infringement, right? Using the Hollywood
>sign to plug a publisher? In New York, no less. Consumer confusion,
>etc. Of course, there's also the issue of the painting of the Hollywood
>sign on the fabric backdrop.
>
>n.b. at the end of the article: "For this NEWSWEEK photo, Regan suggested
>that she slip on a ball gown and pose atop one of the famed lion statues
>in front of the New York Public Library. The library nixed that idea. As
>if she needed more proof that she's too big for that town."
>
>No doubt the NYPL was concerned about trademark infringement, too.

But the entire text does not show, so you are only assuming the rest of the word would spell "Hollywood"...

Barb

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