Comparing Wal-Mart's business practices to the Holocaust has landed an Atlanta-area activist in a legal dispute. Charles Smith started marketing "I (heart) Wal-ocaust" T-shirts last year, prompting the Arkansas-based corporate behemoth to file a cease-and-desist order. In turn, Smith filed a lawsuit Monday in federal district court in Atlanta. From Wal-Mart's standpoint, Smith is engaging in trademark infringement. But Smith asserts it's a free speech issue.
March 09, 2006 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Comparing Wal-Mart’s business practices to the Holocaust has landed a metro-Atlanta activist-marketer in a legal dispute with the corporate behemoth.
Charles Smith started marketing “I (heart) Wal-ocaust” T-shirts last year, prompting Arkansas-based Wal-Mart to file a cease-and-desist order. In turn, Smith filed a lawsuit Monday in federal district court in Atlanta.
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