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DO IT FIRST! CHRISTIANO RONALDO IN TRADEMARK TROUBLE

An American man is suing Portugal and Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo over the ‘CR7’ trademark. Ronaldo, more popularly known as CR7, has an underwear line by the same name. But as it tries to enter the US market, it has hit a roadblock. The reason? There’s already someone in the US with the ‘CR7’ trademark. And he is currently being hassled to give up that trademark. Who owns the CR7 trademark? Christopher Renzi, a 43-year-old fitness enthusiast, first trademarked the CR7 moniker in 2009. He has already used it on jeans and t-shirts, and also has a 7-minute workout under the CR7 name uploaded on his website. He had made the trademark based on his initials (CR) and the his day of birth (October 7). Renzi has now filed a complaint in Rhode Island federal court after JBS Textile Group lawyers sent him letters asking him to give up the trademark so that Ronaldo’s CR7 underwear can be sold in the US. It is learned that JBS even asked the US Patent and Trademark Office to cancel Renzi;s trademark. Michael Feldhuhn, Renzi’s attorney, said: “We just want them to leave us alone,” while they sought a court’s declaration stating that he owned the trademark. And JBS state that they hold “exclusive, worldwide license” to market the underwear line and that Renzi trademarked it to profit from Ronaldo’s fame and popularity. Although CR7 has been associated with Ronaldo for years now, Feldhuhn added, “It’s really based on who’s using it first. We can show we were the first use of the CR7 name in commerce in America.” “They don’t really have the trademark rights because they haven’t used it.”
source: SS

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CONFUSION AS BABY'S PLACENTA IS DISCOVERED WITH ALFA

The discovery of a baby placenta in the residence of a man, identified simply as Alfa Gani, is causing confusion in the Laduba community, Ogidi area of Ilorin, Kwara State.

Our correspondent gathered on Thursday that the discovery was made when some volunteers went round the Laduba community to appeal for financial contributions from residents for the repair of a faulty transformer in the area.

It was said that the volunteers perceived offensive odour at Gani’s residence, which they later reported to other members of the community.

It was said that curious to know what smelled, some members of the community rushed to Gani’s residence and demanded an explanation for the offensive odour oozing from his house.

An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said that Gani initially accused the community members of intruding into his privacy.

He was said to have rushed to the Oloje Police Station to report the community members.

The source added that before Gani could come back with the police, the community members had entered his house and discovered a boy with a baby placenta.

The enraged community members were said to have beaten up the boy, making him to confess that he was asked to prepare a charm by Gani, who allegedly exhumed the placenta.

While this was going on, our correspondent gathered that a woman, whose baby naming ceremony was recently held near Gani’s house, arrived at the scene.

On seeing the placenta, she was said to have rushed to where the placenta of her new-born baby was buried, only to discover that it was missing. She was said to have raised the alarm, alerting the community members to the ugly development.

When he came back with the policemen to arrest the community members, the commotion was still in progress.

The source said, “The residents narrated their discovery to the policemen. It was at that point that the policemen decided to search the entire house including an uncompleted building behind the suspect’s house, after which they discovered some human parts.”

It was gathered that the enraged mob vandalised Gani’s house and set it on fire. 

source: punch