In a landmark European Court decision, sporting giant Adidas has not only won protective status for their three stripe logo, but has also established copy right protection of the letters in the company name.
As a result of this ruling, strict new letter usage laws will be enforced from the end of this sentence.
No one wntng to ue thee letter n document n pper wll nee to negotte "rght to ue" greement with th compny. Extng book n publcton wll become ubject to lcence pyment.
There re concern tht Mzon, Krft n Mcrooft wll lunch mlr collectve cton, mkng the Wetern Lphbet unusble except n text mege.
Protet t th rulng re hmpere by no one beng ble to re ther forml wrtten objecton.
First published 15 Jan 2023
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- mcdabble
- Dec 12, 2025
Debt collectors, whose work has been publicised by television, admit targeting non-debtors.
A debt collector working for one debt recovery company told us, 'We don't bother trying to get the address right. It's always wrong on the paperwork anyway. So we just pick any old address in the area and turn up on spec.
'Usually people open the front door and I put me foot in, and they can't close it. Then I ask them if they've had any emails or messages asking for payments. That makes them think a bit. They aren't surprised to see us, because most people have had some scam emails, messages or letters demanding payment of debts for all sorts of fake things.
'Thing is, everyone's in debt these days aren't they?
'In the rare case where we do end up taking stuff from people who aren't in debt, they can always take us to court to get the money back. They will need a court order. Then they will need to go to a debt collection agency. It sometimes comes to me as a job, isn't that a laugh? Obviously I don't do our own place, I just get the address a bit wrong and do some plebs who probably have debts too. The client gets their money, so what's the problem?
'But, taking us to court will take ages and be very expensive, so they're better off just forgetting about it. Best just get more stuff on Amazon on the never-never, and carry on. Happy days!'
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