In case anyone is confused, the logo to the left is not endorsed or supported by Wal-Mart, the mega retailer often criticized for its stores’ negative impact on communities, the pay and benefits provided to its workers and its promotion of products made in overseas sweatshops where workers toil in inhumane conditions for nominal pay. A Georgia man who came up with the logo as part of his protest campaign against the retailer got sued by the billion-dollar corporation for his efforts. But today, in a resounding win for the First Amendment (and for Public Citizen, which defended the man), a federal judge told Wal-Mart that nobody in their right mind would buy their trademark infringement claims.
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