Pfizer: too hard on candy maker

In some of the more ridiculous news of the week, mega pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, which has made a bundle from its famous wonder-drug, Viagra, is trying to strong-arm a small Viennese chocolate maker into changing the name of one of its cute little products -- chocolate-covered pumpkin seeds -- because corporate thinks it looks and sounds too much like their famous blue pills.   Maybe the chocolatier should counter-sue Pfizer for producing pills that are shaped like chocolate-covered pumpkin seeds.

An Austrian pumpkin seed oil producer faces possible legal action by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer, the producer of Viagra, over his "Styriagra" chocolate-coated pumpkin seeds, according to media reports.

Pfizer reportedly found that Richard Mandl's light blue glazed candies, which are oval in size, resembled the potency pill too much, both in name and colour. But Mandl, who has already registered the trademark, argues the name is simply a combination of the words Styria -- the southern Austrian province, known for its pumpkin seed oil, where Mandl works -- and "agra," referring to agricultural or organic products.

Blue, meanwhile, was the only colour he had not yet used for his chocolate-coated seeds...

Pfizer reportedly wants to sue him for up to 36,000 euros (45,640 dollars) in damages.

Sweet pumpkin seed snack leaves businessman with sour taste

Almost makes me want to produce a bubblegum, call it BlowZac, and see how Eli Lilly reacts.

Comments

[Aspasia]

Well, if you can't produce the bubblegum, BlowZac is a great name for a porn flick.