If you’re wondering what happened to my ‘Resistance’ T Shirt…
RedBubble have taken it down because of a claim of IP/Trademark infringement by CBS, who own the slogan ‘Resistance is Futile’.
Fair enough… except my image was a geeky pun on electrical resistance, for which the wording works exactly. Unfortunately, it is possible for anyone to trademark almost any phrase imaginable, thereby turning our language into a commodity, no one else can then use to sell their own products – no matter what context the words are used for.
The good news, if you still want a ‘Resistance is Futile’ slogan T-shirt, is that lots of other artists on RB, still have their designs online here, so you can still buy one here!
It appears that the rule appl…