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June 25, 2003
"POSTAL" Video Game Victorious Over U.S. Postal Service
Running With Scissors wins case brought by United States
Postal Service
Six years after the United States Postal Service (USPS) sued the makers
of the notorious videogame POSTAL and its ultra-controversial
sequel, POSTAL 2, game developer Running With Scissors
has been informed by the Trademark Trial and Appeals Board of the
U.S. Department of Commerce that the USPS's opposition case had been
dismissed with prejudice.
"We're pleased with the ruling," said Vince Desi, Running With
Scissors' battle-hardened CEO, "although everyone involved
knows we never should have had to fight this frivolous lawsuit in
the first place. Our game is funny. Theirs is sick."
The case, which was brought by the USPS in 1997, was widely considered
to be a ridiculous waste of USPS funds - especially considering the
fact that the game had nothing to do with the Post Office or its employees;
a fact apparently lost on then U.S. Postmaster General/CEO Marvin
Runyon.
POSTAL was banned in over ten countries and blacklisted in
the USA through the hypocritical efforts of U.S. Senator and Presidential
candidate Joe Leiberman. "It's friggin' ridiculous to think that every
time we or one of our fans bought a stamp, that money went directly
into a campaign to put us out of business," mused Desi.
Attorneys Jeffrey E. Jacobson and Bruce E. Colfin of New York handled
the case on behalf of Running With Scissors, battling
the monolithic might of the United States Post Office while the undaunted
developer nurtured its cult phenomena; turning it into a booming franchise.
The game POSTAL 2, published by Whiptail
Interactive, has become a #1 sensation currently being sold
worldwide.
Describing the USPS as a "malevolent monopoly" in its unchecked zeal
to crush his independent company, Desi concluded, "...With unlimited
financial resources comes unlimited ego. POSTAL and POSTAL
2 represent everything the USPS isn't: a successful private enterprise
that will never have to rely on an irrevocable government contract
to keep its pockets perpetually lined with cash."
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