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posted by scubacuda
on Friday September 05, @01:17AM
from the too-close-to-home dept.
The Onion reports that the Florida Supreme Court has ruled that the country formerly known as the United Republic of Tanzania has lost the use of its name to Tampa-based Tanzania Tanning Salons.
"Any use of my country's name constitutes infringement on the plaintiff's trademark," said Benjamin Mkapa, president of the currently unnamed republic. "We've lost our national identity. This is a very sad day for the people once known as Tanzanians."
I'm sure Edgar Rice Burroughs' estate would be all over him like flies on poo.
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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be
lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.
- Isaac Asimov
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