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Helsinki High Avoids Mass Darwin Award
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) - When graduating from a high school called "Hellu," wearing a class shirt that reads "Hellus Angels" might seem like harmless school spirit - unless it's worn in a bar where Hells Angels members have strong feelings about trademark infringement.
| They are real sensitive about that. |
After a student at the Helsinki school was beaten pressured to hand over the shirt to two bikers at a local bar, the school received a request to collect all the remaining shirts and forfeit them to the Finland chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle club, the Finnish newspaper Iltalehti said Friday. The motorcycle club took offense at the use of its "Deathshead" logo, a winged, helmet-wearing skull. The organization claims a trademark on the logo registered to the Hells Angels Motorcycle Corp.
| And you really don't want the H.A.M.C. offended with you. |
The school promptly wet their pants agreed with the Hells Angels and is collecting the shirts from its students, admitting the biker group had a strong case.
| And a lot of very large angry people |
"This is clearly a stolen logo. It's just a matter of thoughtlessness on the part of the kids," deputy headmaster Eeva-Riitta Mustelin was quoted as saying, adding that the bikers did not want to go to court over the matter.
| I don't think court was what they had in mind. |
Posted by: Steve 2004-04-02 |
