XML FeedsCut the Wise Quacks
By Richard Amada on Sep 16, 2009 | In General
Just in case you thought only musicians have an intellectual property interest in the sounds they make professionally, there's a case that was filed in California in which the dispute centers around a kazoo that makes a duck-like quack.
It seems a San Francisco based, amphibious tour company, called Bay Quackers, is being sued by the Georgia based, national sightseeing company, Ride the Ducks, for what's being alleged as trademark infringement. Apparently, Bay Quackers' kazoo sounds a lot like Ride the Ducks' own quacking sound for which it claims a trademark — or, in this case, a sound mark. Result: a quacking litigation.
No word as yet as to whether Donald or Daffy will be called as expert witnesses...
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