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Guy "descended from French Royalty" sues Saints over Fleur De Lis logo...
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:10 pm
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:10 pm
This is some good stuff right here. I would have trouble keeping a straight face if I was the Judge.
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The New Orleans Saints' logo is still theirs.
The NFL franchise recently faced a lawsuit brought by Michel J. Messier, a self-proclaimed member of French royalty that said he and his family own rights to the Saints' logo design.
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Messier claimed he is a "direct descendant of the Kings of France (Scotland, Aragon and Castille)." That branch of royalty, according to him, owns the rights to the fleur-de-lis design used with the Saints logo.
He lost the case in the Trademark Trial and Appeal Board at the Federal Circuit.
Chief Judge Kimberly A. Moore, Judge Sharon Prost and Judge Leonard P. Stark explained Messier lacked enough of an argument in the case to present an appeal, so the case was dismissed.
The Saints' current logo has remained the same since their NFL inception in 1967. New Orleans received its trademark registration for the logo from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 1974. New Orleans was allowed to use the fleur-de-lis like design for the logo for "entertainment services in the form of professional football games and exhibition."
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Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:12 pm to jbgleason
Can we get the jazz back
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:12 pm to jbgleason
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Guy "descended from French Royalty" sues Saints over Fleur De Lis logo...
eitek?
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:14 pm to jbgleason
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:15 pm to jbgleason
Michel J. Messier‘s attorney: ‘Ha, yeah, if you’re dumb enough to file this, I’ll take your money, sure. Sign right here and here.’ 
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:18 pm to Clyde Tipton
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eitek
I got the reference!
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:18 pm to jbgleason
fricking mickey loomis i swear
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:21 pm to jbgleason
A lawsuit he won't win, maybe he should just give up
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:36 pm to jbgleason
John II should have filed a trademark
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:38 pm to jbgleason
Wasn't this already thrown out of court today?
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:48 pm to Clyde Tipton
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eitek?
Came here just for this.
Did not disappoint.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:49 pm to jbgleason
Is he suing the Boy Scouts next?
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:52 pm to jbgleason
Will he sue the city of Lafayette and ULL as well?
It’s not just the Saints using it
It’s not just the Saints using it
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:55 pm to bakersman
Posted on 4/15/25 at 3:55 pm to jbgleason
My Falcons can’t win shite and never ever will it’s our life’s work to stop the Saints from reaching glory. Been pretty successful too!
So you stole the logo without paying due credit?
figures…
So you stole the logo without paying due credit?
figures…
Posted on 4/15/25 at 4:13 pm to jbgleason
If someone threatens him with violence it will surrender, as all Frenchmen do.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 4:18 pm to alphaandomega
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If someone threatens him with violence it will surrender, as all Frenchmen do.
"Cheese-eating surrender-monkey" is the greatest insult the Simpsons ever gave us.
Posted on 4/15/25 at 4:23 pm to jbgleason
Maybe he can demand Loomis fired
Posted on 4/15/25 at 5:03 pm to jbgleason
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according to him,
Oh. Well that mean's it's worth
Posted on 4/15/25 at 5:11 pm to jbgleason
Can’t really say the Saints are representative of French Royalty. Maybe he has a point.
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