Peter Friedman
Visiting Professor, University of Detroit Mercy Law School

Ruling Imagination: Law and Creativity

February 04th, 2010 | Free Speech, creative lawyering, fun, originality, trademark | 1 comment

The South Butt Answer to the North Face

For a brilliant combination of technical perfection, persuasion, and humor of a sort I’ve never before seen in an answer to a complaint, you’ve got to see the answer filed by South Butt to the complaint filed by North Face alleging that South Butt’s name and its slogan, “Never Stop Relaxing,” infringe North Face’s trademarks in its name and its own slogan, “Never Stop Exploring.” I will be forever grateful to techdirt for bringing this document to my attention.
The South Butt Answer to the North Face