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Will the Naked Cowboy win his lawsuit against Mars Candy / M&M's?
Current forecast: Parties settle out of court (39% chance
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Combining all predictions, the current most likely outcome is Parties settle out of court with a probability of 39% (unchanged in last 1 day)
The Naked Cowboy, who plays his guitar in Times Square, NY, wearing only briefs, a cowboy hat, and boots, is suing Mars Inc., maker of M&M's, for $6 million for trademark infringement and violating of his right of publicity
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Naked Cowboy wins on at least one claim: 33%, Naked Cowboy loses on all claims or case is dismissed: 33%, Parties settle out of court: 34%
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Macsimum News 1 week ago
been mischaracterized, he said ta the time. There are a lot more complicated issues than just copyright or trademark. There are more complex issues [than those] in respect to the end-user licensing agreement. And antitrust issues come into play, too.
score: 10
MovieWeb 2 weeks ago
it pays to play guitar 'naked' after all. According to , a New York City street performer, 'The Naked Cowboy', has signed on for his own reality series for the CMT Network. The show will be American Idol-esque, with the 'Cowboy' a.k.a. Robert Burck,
score: 10
The Sun 2 weeks ago
Eric Bischoff, the executive producer of Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Wrestling show, has signed up The Naked Cowboy - real name Robert Burke - to judge the talents of street performers in an American Idol-style competition. Burke, famous for busking in just
score: 10
The Sun 2 weeks ago
Eric Bischoff, the executive producer of Hulk Hogan's Celebrity Wrestling show, has signed up The Naked Cowboy - real name Robert Burke - to judge the talents of street performers in an American Idol-style competition. Burke, famous for busking in just
score: 10
New York Post 2 weeks ago
The Naked Cowboy's about to get even more overexposed - the busker who wears nothing more than a cowboy hat, briefs and boots is set to star in his own reality-TV show. The Times Square strummer, real name Robert Burck, said he's in discussions to host
Here's a CNN report from last month: <http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/02/14/naked.cowboy/index.html>
Like you, the Naked Cowboy has Super Briefs ;-) and it takes time for all those briefs to be filed, and heard, and work their way through the system.
[I sent a flag to get the keywords corrected].
/me proudly wears his "hubdub" underwear on the outside...
btw, I wonder if he has filed his legal briefs yet?
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/07/01/naked.cowboy/index.html?section=cnn_latest
Last week, U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin didn't throw the cowboy from his steed. In fact, in a lengthy decision, Judge Chin ruled against the makers of M&Ms, rejecting Mars, Inc.'s attempt to dismiss the Cowboy's lawsuit.
Judge Chin thought it was a question for a jury to decide and wrote that the complaint "plausibly argues that consumers would believe that the M&M Cowboy characters were promoting a product rather than merely parodying The Naked Cowboy, and that viewers would believe that The Naked Cowboy had endorsed M&Ms."
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