Unicorn meat packers get cease and desist letter

National Pork Board targets ThinkGeek Web site: Blame the unicorns

By Dan Eggen

Tuesday, June 22, 2010; 3:27 PM 


If you ever wonder what kind of work the lawyers for powerful industry groups get paid good money for, consider the case of the National Pork Board v. ThinkGeek Inc.

Lawyers representing the board, based in Des Moines, Iowa, sent a detailed "cease-and-desist" letter to the Fairfax-based ThinkGeek Web site last month over its use of the well-known trademark "The Other White Meat."

There's just one problem: The meat in question comes from unicorns.....

Unicorn meat packers get cease and desist letter