Have you ever faced a hurry idiot?

In legal practice of copyright cases, you may face the term “Hurry idiot” or  “A moron in a hurry”. It is used when it needs to show, that only a person in a hurry can mix up two similar brands, and it is necessary to refute the allegations regarding their similarity.

This term was first used in England by Judge Justin Foster in 1978. Then the “Morning star”  sued the “Express newspapers” because it was going to launch a magazine with a similar name –  “Daily star”. Then “Morning star” could not prove that the defendant’s use of the name Daily Star directly harms his business. The most remarkable fact in this story is that the judge’s phrase: “If someone places these newspapers side by side, I personally will consider that they are so different from each other in every possible way that only a hurry idiot can confuse them.”

The judge’s expression became winged and wasoften used in such cases. For example,when Apple Corps sued Apple Computer. The company labels were similar – in both cases there was an image of an apple. However, Apple Computer`s lawyers said that the iTunes music distribution service can be confused with the Apple Corps music label only by a hurry idiot. Howeverthat argument did not work and Apple Inc was forced to abandon the apple logo for their  music distribution service.

If you regularly read our blog, then you probably already know how many curious cases happen to companies or individuals when they are faced with copyright protection. In the meantime, the UDIAR service will help you get rid of headaches causeof these issues forever. Whatever you invent, our self-service platform will always defend your creations.

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