Friday, February 15, 2008

WaMu Just Served Me Papers

That's right... my own bank.

Appears that since the start of their new advertising campaign I've said the phrase "whoo hoo" a total number of 392 times, resulting in trademark infringement fines of $32,321. Those f-heads know how much I have in the bank and it sure isn't that much.

How in the F do you trademark Whoo Hoo? Seriously? Shouldn't people be pissed about this?

MR SCHOTT- THIS IS THE ONLINE WAMU TRADEMARK ENFORCER, YOU HAVE BEEN FOUND TO BE IN BREACH OF OUR TRADEMARK FILINGS AND HAVE USED OUR TRADEMARKED TERM 2 TIMES IN THIS BLOG ENTRY. PLEASE INPUT YOUR CREDIT CARD TO PAY FOR YOUR SINS AGAINST WAMU. NEVERMIND. WE ALREADY HAVE IT

What the F was that?

I also heard the following people were fined for trademark infringement:

  • Mr. Homer J. Simpson - Fined upward of $5B
  • Wazzu - Fined 48 times for each home game in the past 5 years, resulting in over $2B for playing a sound of Mr. Home J. Simpston saying Wh--- wait a tick. For saying that phrase.
  • 20k Season Ticket Holders to WSU Games - Each fan was fined an estimated $100 for possibly repeating said phrase after it was played over the loudspeakers.
  • Delta Delta Delta Women's Fraternity Inc. - Delta Delta Delta was fined nearly $1.5B for the misuse of the trademarked phrase by members of their chapters, usually while intoxicated, or acting intoxicated. The women's fraternity decided to pass the buck and raised membership dues to pay the fines.
F you WaMu. Lower my damn interest on my savings account, there's nothing in there anyway.

Whoo Hoo!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hehe ... yes, very nice post. Thanks for pointing it out! Don't think we'll be seeing any "whoo-hoo" lawsuits any time soon (fingers crossed), but the thought is pretty funny.