Tanit Buday, a Yonkers, Ny resident is suing the New York Yankees for trademark infringement. Ms Buday claims her uncle Kenneth Timur was a graphic designer commissioned in 1936 to create a logo for the Yankees. Timkur was not aware that the Yankees adopted the logo until he immigrated to America in 1947 and was asked to revise the logo for their 1952 celebration of 50 years based in New York City. She claims Timur was hopeful that this time the sports franchise would offer him some kind of recognition, but took the opportunity to “sign” his work with a “P.” Instead of 1903 to 1952, the logo appears as “1P03-1952” on the patches of the uniform.
Buday says that because of scarce resources and trust in Yankees owners, her uncle never got a lawyer and did not copyright his work, but in 1960 he lost his confidence in the team and passed on the fight to her, in hopes she would pursue the claims.
This all sounds lame to me, but I will never pass up an opportunity to slam the Yankees slip thru my fingers. Imagine if this is all true and Ms Buday actually wins her lawsuit, what happens then? I have a suggestion, why don’t the Yankees wear this one:
I think it would go perfect with their pinstripes. Don’t you? Yesterday , we hear news that the Chicago Cubs threw the 1918 World Series against the Red Sox. This news about the Yankee logo is even better.
Do we now have to go in and change all the plaques in the Hall of Fame for all the ex-Yankees? Maybe just file down the “NY” and make it a plain blue hat.
I told you before, I never go looking for this stuff. The Yankees just seem to hand it to me on a silver platter all the time.
I love this rivalry, keeps me very entertained. How bout you?
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