16 January 2010

Why Unilever is on My "Rhymes with Spit" List

I have this amazingly talented and smart friend who is working on developing a business idea, that I am telling you? Is going to revolutionize the television and film industry.

She named her company this extremely appropriate name, which kind of rhymed with a Unilever product.

Now, I might say, that due to the difference of product (apples to africa), no one in their RIGHT MIND would ever confuse the two products.

But Unilever, being the huge ugly conglomorate it is, attacked her after she legally registered the name. Made her spend $1000 on American and Canadian lawyers every time she had to respond to their incessant "cease and decist" letters - and, in the end, forced her to change the name of her business.

So to Unilever, I say this: Although I immensely admire your Dove Campaign for Real Beauty, it's never cool to be a bully, and as such, YOU SUCK.

And just so you know? Perhaps you should consider a name change, yourselves.

To: I CAN Believe It's Not Butter.

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