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A panel of trademark judges in Washington, D.C., earlier this month denied a
request from a private entrepreneur, known as Evil Enterprises, Inc., to
register the trademark for the phrase "Baseballs Evil Empire."
某家叫邪惡企業的公司申請商標 "棒球邪惡帝國"
但在這個月稍早被華盛頓法官駁回
Evil Enterprises wanted the exclusive right to market merchandise using that
phrase, which was coined in regard to the Yankees by Larry Lucchino, the
president and chief executive of the Boston Red Sox, back in 2002. Upon
learning that the Yankees had signed sought-after Cuban pitcher Jose
Contreras, Lucchino was widely reported as saying: "The evil empire extends
its tentacles even into Latin America."
Evil Enterprises initially applied for a trademark back in July of 2008.
邪惡企業在2008年申請這個商標
But the Yankees objected, arguing that they had the rights to the phrase—at
least when used in connection with baseball.
洋基反對 表示他們擁有"邪惡帝國"的所有權
Part of the Yankees' argument: a concession that in the baseball world, they
are, in fact, the "Evil Empire." In its legal papers, the team referenced a
number of articles from the past decade using the term in connection with the
Yankees, and conceded that the team has "implicitly embraced" the "Evil
Empire" theme by playing music from Star Wars during their home games.
洋基: 棒球界只能有一個 ㊣邪惡帝國㊣
The panel of judges sided with the Yankees, ruling that the Yankees are
strongly associated with the phrase. Allowing anyone else to use the phrase
exclusively would likely cause confusion, ruled the judges.
法院認同洋基隊的說法
"In short, the record shows that there is only one Evil Empire in baseball
and it is the New York Yankees," wrote the judges. "Accordingly, we find that
[the Yankees] have a protectable trademark right in the term . . . as used in
connection with baseball."
法院: 紀錄顯示棒球界只有一個㊣邪惡帝國㊣ 而那就是洋基隊
Gerard Dunne, a lawyer for Evil Enterprises, said he and his client had yet
to figure out whether to appeal.
邪惡企業的律師Gerard Dunne表示他們還沒決定要不要上訴
"But we disagree with the opinion, because we don't think "Evil Empire"
exclusively refers to the Yankees anymore," he said. "You've seen it used
with the Phillies, the Rangers, and other teams."
Dunne: 但我們不同意這個說法 因為我們不認為"邪惡帝國"現在只專屬於洋基隊所有
你可以看到它被用在費城人 遊騎兵 和其他隊上
Representatives for the Yankees didn't respond to request seeking comment.
When reached Friday, Lucchino said, "It sounds to me like the dictionary
definition of ironic. I meant it when I said it. I felt it was a sincere
comment then." He added, "I give them credit. Their embracing it is clever
indeed."
作者:
genteme (Brett Gardner's big fan)
2013-02-23 12:11:00XD
作者: chenguanwen 2013-02-23 12:13:00
我大笑了XDDD
作者:
Valter (V)
2013-02-23 12:15:00律師: 我要求道奇隊支援! 重複一次 要求道奇隊支援!
作者:
feelwhale (不善表達 冏....)
2013-02-23 12:15:00看標題,還以為又偷幹了什麼大買賣了...
作者:
Mooooose (養樂多'牛丼'披薩'筍乾)
2013-02-23 12:26:00最近簡樸一點 臭了嗎?
作者:
s955346 (jericho)
2013-02-23 12:27:00法院認證XDDD 本人還很開心
作者:
Y1999 (秋雨)
2013-02-23 12:27:00法院認證邪惡帝國
作者:
externaload (Vision of disorder)
2013-02-23 12:29:00法院認證的....
作者: linsection (......) 2013-02-23 12:38:00
道奇：我不是邪惡帝國，而是超級邪惡帝國！
作者:
SULICon (監工å°å¸å¾’(〞︶ã€ï¼Š))
2013-02-23 12:47:00XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD道奇：洋基的帝國只是我在地球的某一個分封地
作者:
efreet (Soth)
2013-02-23 12:53:00XDDDDDDDDD
作者:
ocean11 (深海)
2013-02-23 13:04:00只有一年還不夠邪惡是嗎
作者:
sdiaa (桂綸鎂)
2013-02-23 13:19:00一年當然不算阿 不然馬大魚也是了~
作者:
fetoyeh (小葉)
2013-02-23 13:38:00法院認證 XDDDDD
作者:
WP1 (vvp一)
2013-02-23 13:44:00這好好笑XDDD
作者:
hakk (hakk)
2013-02-23 13:44:00這真是太好笑了XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
作者:
kikielle (This song is over)
2013-02-23 13:58:00笑死XDD
作者:
yankeefat (本人內建試製51cm連裝砲)
2013-02-23 14:03:00這個屌
作者:
Q00863 (阿棋)
2013-02-23 14:08:00幫原PO加強一下 ★㊣↖正版a洋基邪惡帝國E.I↘㊣★
作者: pcshjuju (近視傳說) 2013-02-23 14:33:00
超好笑的@@
作者:
iamchyun (是否執行BB2039.exe)
2013-02-23 14:38:00借轉邪惡帝國版
這稱號開始還是襪襪總裁取的 就說基襪感情其實很好阿XD
作者:
langeo (langeo)
2013-02-23 14:42:00原來洋基很中意這個外號 那就在多花點錢阿
作者: tn00037166 (向右向左) 2013-02-23 14:46:00
認證!!
作者:
SatoTakuma (éµç›¤è©•è«–家)
2013-02-23 14:47:00智慧財產權應該在紅襪身上才是XD
作者:
saidon ( )
2013-02-23 14:50:00邪惡帝國®
作者:
SNSD999 (少女時代)
2013-02-23 15:23:00XD
XDDDDDDDDDDDDDD死對頭最後都會變好朋友啊 XD
作者:
tony160079 (La vida de un idiota)
2013-02-23 15:44:00法院認證的邪惡帝國XD
作者:
newest (C'est la vie~)
2013-02-23 15:48:00洋基:吃我的法院認證啦!!!!
作者:
ethanptt (before the midnight)
2013-02-23 16:04:00科科堤：我預算消化不完有解了
作者:
TheVerve (TheVerve)
2013-02-23 16:19:00法院認証 邪惡帝國XDDDDDDDDDDDD
作者:
udm 2013-02-23 17:18:00會有人要求認證：簡樸打球、共體時艱嗎？......(逃)
作者: rome1234 (羅馬) 2013-02-23 17:28:00
法院認證的邪惡帝國XDDD
作者:
majohn (喔)
2013-02-23 17:37:00XD 之前還有洋基迷在戰這詞 現在被法院認證 連戰都沒法XD
作者:
ddtcd (專注)
2013-02-23 17:55:00㊣邪惡帝國㊣
作者:
JBLs (我是誰我是誰我是誰)
2013-02-23 18:23:00XDDDDDDDDD
作者:
blueash (藍灰)
2013-02-23 18:47:00那以後在MLB板可以叫洋基 邪惡帝國了XDDD
版主 洋基都這樣說了 以後可以叫洋基為邪惡帝國吧?
作者:
roverchi (神劍無鋒大巧不工)
2013-02-23 21:18:00XD
作者: Gwendaline (米) 2013-02-23 21:44:00
洋基:嘿嘿嘿
作者: Killebrew 2013-02-23 21:47:00
這樣基迷不能再靠北別人酸他們了吧XDD
作者: youshiuan (就是鼠) 2013-02-23 21:53:00
看來在洋基眼中...這種稱號是種榮耀orz
作者:
Aggro (阿果)
2013-02-23 22:19:00靠北 怎這麼好笑XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
作者: OLDdaughter (醜女兒哥哥就是我) 2013-02-23 23:16:00
XDDDDDDDDDDDD
作者: a2156700 (斯坦福橋) 2013-02-24 01:46:00
然後...所以..?
作者:
tsming (斷水流大師兄)
2013-02-25 15:21:00法院認證超屌XDDDDD