Cereal Maker Claims Non-Profit's Bird Infringes on "Toucan Sam"

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The Maya Archaeology Initiative is fighting claims by Kellogg North America that a bird depicted in MAI's logo is too similar to "Toucan Sam," the fictional spokesbird for Froot Loops cereal.

MAI, a non-profit that supports education for Guatemalan ******** (as well as archaeology), got a cease-and-desist letter from Kellogg's lawyers in July saying that Kellogg was concerned about an application to use the logo in connection with clothing, given that Sam also appears on clothing. Kellogg said it was also concerned about the use of "Mayan imagery" in the mark, saying that Sam also sometimes appeared in a similar setting.

Seriously?!? These fucking corporate cocksuckers at Kellogg's are copyrighting the image of a toucan?!? Maybe we should genetically re-engineer the fucking bird so it doesn't infringe on their copyright. It's a fucking non-profit organization that teaches **** in fucking Guatemala! It's bad enough that the **** are from Guatemala, now you're gonna sue the group that's trying to educate them? Kellogg's, fuck you and your board members, and shove your fruity fucking toucan up your corporate ass!

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