[ EEPI-Discuss ] Intellectual Property: "You Got a License For That Pinata?"

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

   http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pinata19jun19,0,6024680.story?coll=la-home-local

   The two men browsing in Benjamin Santoyo's downtown Los Angeles
   produce store acted like many of his customers, not so much
   interested in fruit and vegetables as in the enormous pinatas of
   Winnie the Pooh, The Incredibles, and an orange fish named Nemo, all
   bobbing from a string tied to the ceiling.

   But theirs was an undercover visit on behalf of Disney Enterprises
   Inc. and four other entertainment industry giants aiming to stop the
   sale of counterfeit pinatas just as the bust-it-up party activity
   has become about as mainstream at Southland kids parties as cake,
   streamers and tortilla chips.

    ...

--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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