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Tony La Russa suing Twitter for trademark infringement

Sean | June 3rd, 2009



The suit, filed in San Francisco about a month ago, concerns the Twitter name tag Tony La Russa (or www.twitter.com/tonylarussa) and the manager’s claim that it was an unofficial and unauthorized use of his name. The fake page allegedly had La Russa’s picture and some vulgar updates, a few of which were Cardinals-related. The suit contains several examples of off-color statements made on the page, two of which make references, directly or indirectly, to the two Cardinals pitchers who died during a regular season while playing for the team, Darryl Kile and Josh Hancock. Read more»

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