T-Mobile loses magenta suit against Telia, we try not to laugh
Well, would you look at that -- our good friend Deutsche Telekom seems to have lost a lawsuit it filed against rival European wireless carrier Telia over its use of the color magenta in its logo. The Danish Eastern Regional High Court today ruled that Telia and DT don't compete directly in the Danish market and that Telia isn't using the same magenta shade, leading the court to overturn an injunction DT sought against Telia's use of the color. On top of that, the court further ruled that Deutsche Telekom has to fork over 1.5M kroner ($316,188) in court costs and attorneys' fees to Telia, which probably stings a little more than having to share a color. Of course, now that magenta is the People's Color, maybe DT should look into playing a little nicer, don't you think?[Thanks, Andreas]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Razor1973 @ May 28th 2008 3:31PM
I tried the same: not to laugh. I hope you were more successful than I was. They had it coming.
Exiled Legend @ May 28th 2008 3:56PM
haha screw tmobile
muddyh2o @ May 28th 2008 4:21PM
i came to this site looking for DT. i assumed this was the DT site because I saw a color that looks like magenta somewhere on the page.
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Mark @ May 28th 2008 4:58PM
Meh. Give us some phone stories with DT.... enough of this Magenta rubbish.
PEZ @ May 28th 2008 4:56PM
do you have anymore sidekick iD's left?
nomadmnemonic @ May 28th 2008 5:21PM
Douche Telekom strikes again!
Viakenny @ May 28th 2008 8:10PM
TeliaSonera to Deutsche Telekom: "HA-ha!"