Thesmokinggun.com is reporting that Paris Hilton has filed a federal lawsuit over a $2.49 Hallmark greeting card that uses a photo of the heiress and her trademarked phrase "That's Hot."
In a complaint filed yesterday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles, Hilton alleges that Hallmark has, among other transgressions, misappropriated her image and invaded her privacy with the card, a copy of which you'll find below. According to the lawsuit, the greeting card, which purports to show Hilton's "first day as a waitress," was first distributed earlier this year and remains on sale. Hilton is seeking at least $500,000 in actual damages and a permanent injunction barring Hallmark from further exploitation of her name and likeness
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Who's "Paris Sue?" And why ... (Below threshold)1. Posted by JJ | September 7, 2007 6:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Who's "Paris Sue?" And why would I care about her Hallmark cards?
1. Posted by JJ | September 7, 2007 6:17 PM |
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Posted on September 7, 2007 18:17
2. Posted by KathyP | September 7, 2007 10:17 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Tracey: Is that your headline? If so, drop the apostrophe. JJ (above) called that correctly.
ps...who gives a damn what Paris does these days. (That's not a question, just rhetoric for the clueless.)
2. Posted by KathyP | September 7, 2007 10:17 PM |
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Posted on September 7, 2007 22:17
3. Posted by Tracey | September 7, 2007 10:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Corrected Speed posting. Thanks Kath!
3. Posted by Tracey | September 7, 2007 10:23 PM |
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Posted on September 7, 2007 22:23
4. Posted by Jim | September 8, 2007 3:05 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
As she is a public figure, and the card tends toward the type (bad) satire that the Supreme Court has ruled constitutionally protected she is simply wasting her time.
4. Posted by Jim | September 8, 2007 3:05 PM |
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Posted on September 8, 2007 15:05