29 Oct 2004
Dept. of Homeland Security Enforces Expired Trademark

Here's the link to the story on Yahoo - truly mind-boggling...

Apparently the Department of Homeland Security does not have enough to do in keeping the US safe, and now is enforcing copyright law as well. The AP reports that a toy store owner in Oregon was requested by Homeland Security officials to remove a potentially copyright-infringing Rubik's cube-like toy from her shelves. The patent for Rubik's cube was issued in 1980, and so it is expired.

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