Dentist wins Lacoste crocodile logo battle

I saw this in MSN news yesterday and couldn't believe that Lacoste sued over this. I might understand if the dentists logo was the exact same drawing, but it wasn't even close! The dentists alligator didn't look one bit like the Lacoste logo. I might be able to see the suit if they were selling knock-off clothing with a similar logo. I think the lawsuit was just plain stupid. Next thing you know, they would be going after the zoo's when they have a sign with a drawing of an alligator on it, or a display at a museum that has a rendered drawing? In my mind, this would be the same thing. I was glad to see that the court system made Lacoste pay for the legal counsel that those poor dentists had to have to fight a big company like that. This whole thing smacks of the same stupidity of the case where Disney sued over logo infringement over some poor daycare center having a picture of Mickey mouse (and a couple other Disney characters) on their playground wall outside.

It is kind of funny, I never think of crocodiles when I hear the word denist. They do have a nice set of chompers don't they?

The crocodile logo of the dentists is not exactly the same as Lacoste's. The dentists' is more of a diagonal view, while Lacoste's is more of a side view. I think this issue was blown out of proportion.