The rightist wingnuts over at the American Family Association, are not known for logic, but their latest campaign is a real winner: trying to stop the USPTO from recognizing a trademark for the French Connection UK acronym. They seem to think that if it’s not a recognized trademark, it won’t appear on clothing or advertising, despite the fact that it’s been in both for quite some time now.
It’s a stupid ad campaign with a juvenile appeal, and the clothes aren’t both ugly and poorly made, but why on earth it should be denied trademark protection, and why the lack of trademark protection would stop them in their tracks escapes me.
Secretly Ironic 