'Aunt Jemima' relatives suing pancake company for $2B

Anonymous Coward

in legal on 2014-10-08 13:18 (#2T63)

"The great grandsons of Anna Short Harrington, who was hired as the American pancake icon in 1933, claim that her family is entitled to a percentage of the company's revenue every time her likeness was used. They're now seeking $2 billion in compensation, plus a share of future revenue."

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/aunt-jemima-relatives-suing-pancake-company-2b-article-1.1966633

Not tech or science related (Score: 1)

by zafiro17@pipedot.org on 2014-10-08 16:01 (#2T68)

N/T

Re: Not tech or science related (Score: 1)

by tanuki64@pipedot.org on 2014-10-08 18:05 (#2T69)

True, but we also have a 'legal' section here.
Not that much different:
http://pipedot.org/story/2014-08-13/judge-rejects-apple-google-intel-etc-settlement-says-parties-need-to-pay-more

But I don't care, so no vote from me.

Re: Not tech or science related (Score: 1)

by evilviper@pipedot.org on 2014-10-09 02:18 (#2T6B)

I would think the legal section is meant to be for issues that are at least tangentially related to science and technology. I just submitted one as a matter of fact... Not seeing the relevance in syrup and likeness licensing.