https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manit...ghts-1.5412912
Clothing store receives cease-and-desist order from city on closing day
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Clothing store, Friday Knights, sold merchandise with 'parody' of city logo, told to stop on last day open
Bartley Kives · CBC News · Posted: Jan 02, 2020 4:35 PM CT
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An Exchange District retail store that produced hats and hoodies featuring the City of Winnipeg logo received a legal directive to stop selling the municipal-themed merch — on the clothing company's closing day as a storefront.
In September, streetwear company Friday Knights started selling apparel featuring Winnipeg's two-decade-old "swoosh" logo with one modification: the letters "Win" in Winnipeg appeared in boldface.
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The city gave the retailer until Jan. 3 to write back and inform the city of its intention to comply, or face unspecified "appropriate action" if it does not.
Olek is calling this ironic after his experience with the city. He claimed he emailed his concerns about construction notification to Point Douglas Coun. Vivian Santos but only heard back, via phone, after the work was finished.
"I find it funny it takes weeks to hear back from the city about anything but I have three days to respond back when I get a cease-and-desist [letter]," he said.
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I love how much of a Soviet shitshow, City Hall is becoming... ruins a guys business, and forcing Obby Khan to take losses on his investments into the Exchange, no compensation, not even so much as a letter of notice - and then when someone does try to make something positive for Winnipeg, they shit all over them with a cease & desist.
I wonder if the poor guy might be making new Winnipeg material. Considering how Winnipeg Transit aborted orange and cream, in favour of that swirly cheapskate garbage, maybe this entrepreneur can use the Orange and Cream flying T instead, on his clothing designs? I'd probably buy one.