Of all the things a person or entity could do to piss off Anonymous, the following one might take the cake. A French t-shirt company called Early Flicker has applied for a trademark for both the Anonymous logo and slogan.
The news was tweeted by Asher Wolf and prompted the following tweet: “I can already hear the ion cannons spinning up…” This, of course, is a reference to one of Anonymous’s favorite weapons, the Low-Orbit Ion Cannon, which the collective has used to bring down a number of sites over the last few years.
One can sense that this trademark attempt will not end well for Early Flicker, and it should be interesting how it all plays out.
August 06, 2012 at 1:35 pm, Anonymous attacks Early Flicker over trademark attempt, t-shirt maker crying ‘uncle!’ | Death and Taxes said:
[...] agoThe idiotic French t-shirt maker Early Flicker, owned by Apollinaire Auffret, has dropped its attempt to trademark the Anonymous hacking collective’s logo and slogan after Anonymous attacked the [...]
August 07, 2012 at 6:47 am, Early Flicker Surrenders After Anonymous Attack | Infinity News Network said:
[...] idiotic French t-shirt maker Early Flicker, owned by Apollinaire Auffret, has dropped its attempt to trademark the Anonymous hacking collective’s logo and slogan after Anonymous attacked the company’s [...]