I bet you can blame the lawyers for it

Marketing: Guys! We have a great shirt design this year we just need to change our logo a bit!

Legal: It's a registered trademark, you're not changing it.

Marketing: But guys! Seriously, it looks AMAZING if we just tweak the colours a bit, maybe add a Beaver.

Legal: It's a registered trademark, you're not changing it.

Marketing: But the big yellow box screws up the design, everyone will MOAN.

Legal: It's a registered trademark, you're not changing it.

Marketing: Seriously, this will be a massive showstopper for the fans, WOTB will explode. MIKEWALKER will through a strop, in French.

Legal: Right, it's a f**king registered trademark in 150 countries. You want to change it? You got a seven figure budget to do it? You got the time to do it? Then go speak to the Board.

Marketing: On reflection, y'know, it's really not that bad is it? I quite like the asymmetric symbolism in it...

(This may or may not be an insight into my life as in-house legal counsel)

Posted By: CWC, Jul 1, 10:37:33