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"Down There" Hair Dye Company Wants More Green
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Jen Carlson
Published Jan 5, 2009
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Never has the Post's use of the word "bushwhacked" (and "snatching," for that matter) seemed more appropriate. The paper colorfully reports that the pubic-hair dye company, Betty Beauty (as seen in the NYC subway system), is claiming a "rival stole its trademarked, thong-shaped logo." They add that this rival, Smart Beauty US, also took "copyrighted content from the company's instruction sheet," and now "The Manhattan federal court suit seeks all profits from the alleged below-the-belt behavior." The company may refer to Lindsay Lohan as “fire crotch” in their press releases (seriously), but they're all business about their favorite color: green (incidentally, their green holiday hair dye is still available).
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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