cant say id wear it

Some pending legal issues.... had to take it down :(

wow. interesting.

oh nose

:(

hmm

Oh man that sucks... is it because of the teeshot of the actual I LOVE NY tee?

I'm going to guess that it's because of the "people may come to confuse one with the other" (I don't know what the legal term for that is) problem.

Hence why FedEx sued Federal Espresso though you'd have to be pretty darn daft to take a package to an espresso store.

gordond is absolutely correct. I don't think it's a battle worth fighting.

Wewt! First edition, only edition!

(i think. it only had one print run right?)

son of a bastard!

that's lame

It was reprinted once, Doktag. That's when I picked it up!

haha, oh wells... Still got a first edition. In fact, I didn't realise Threadless printed "1st Edition" on it's first run of each shirts until I got this one.

It brought back memories of my old pokemon trading card days... Cause you know, first edition cards were always worth more ;)

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/05_29/c3943008_mz003.htm#ZZZVAWM2VAE

(scroll down to find the article below - I copied it here though)

New York Loves Its Trademark

New York officials show no mercy in their bid to protect the "I ? New York" logo. The trademark, supplied free of charge by graphic designer Milton Glaser in 1976, helps beckon 140 million tourists to the Empire State each year. As others tried to tap the design over the years, state legal eagles have filed close to 3,000 trademark objections.

Apparel company 4 KAMM International is incensed at New York's pending effort to halt the use of "I ?" SF, Las Vegas, and Paris on everything from bumper stickers to calendars. Last year, New York shut down "I ? Yoga" T-shirts produced by a Florida Bikram yoga outfit. And in October, the U.S. Trademark & Patent Office is expected to hear a case filed by Michael Stewart, a clothing designer in Raleigh, N.C., challenging New York's opposition to "I ? NC."

Lawyers say Stewart's case is stronger than most because of coloring differences and a change in the heart's look. New York says this is about protecting a logo, not upping licensing fees, which totaled $900,000 in the past five years. "We aren't in the business of taking apologies," says Jonathan Faber, a lawyer at Collins, McDonald & Gann, which represents the state.

I actually heard that after 9/11 Milton Glaser made a new logo with the heart with a smudge on it. New York threatened him with a lawsuit as well.

^^NY-rich-people-who-are-in-charge are dickheads....

i have never been to america...

but my shirt do =P

tried to sue the inventor? Crazy.

I was in reykjavik, iceland on Friday - and saw this shirt in a store there called Dogma - looks like that's the only place you can get it right now! Crazy!

After Wyoming made the jackalope its official trademark thing, they tried to charge the guys who invented them a fee for every one they mounted.

haha crap i sold that shirt...and it was a 1st edition! ah well at least it's making another girl happy =)

are 1st editions worth more in 20 years?!

I was just searching for this too. super sad that it's down now, but hey, I own it and absolutely LOVE it so that's all that matters haha.

but anyway, does anyone know if it's printed on american apparel?

Not like threadlessmarks Tee that don't go through colour changes as1st/2nd/3rd etc edition...So saying your tee was first print is pretty much pointless if the colour options didn't change.

Whoops, i bumped badly.

aw :(

i knew i should have bought that shirt when it got reprinted.

I hate N.Y. State.

=( i wish i had this shirt i loooove it =( o well theres always other tees

=( i wish i had this shirt i loooove it =( o well theres always other tees

haha woops

This is clearly parody. You should have been able to kick New York's butt. Stupid New York.

with the recent shirt printing very similar to this design... shouldnt this be allowed again?

Oddly enough, I've seen several filipino stores rip-off this shirt, and replace the "have never been to" with "love Manila more than". That could be a lawsuit under a lawsuit. Or something.