Free Magenta




T-Mobile are in a legal fight against some Dutch brands because of the color Magenta, which according to them, they own the rights to use in commercial material. I claim letter A. It's mine no one can use it from now on. How stupid is this?



Via: swissmiss/Adverblog

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