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Interesting Happening at the ANA Show Today

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AnkurJ

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Apparently someone came into the show wearing a costume as a CAC Sticker! No it was not me, and I have people to say where I was :grin:

 

But in any case, the people at CAC were not amused and from what I heard, the perp was arrested! I will find out more tomorrow at the show.

 

Ankur

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Mr.Mcknowitall

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I would be very interested in thr basis for the arrest- the rest of the story.

 

Was it because of the costume or the actions of the person?

 

The costume was allowed to enter the Show by employess/volunteers of the organization responsible for managing entry, I assume.

 

There has to be more to the story. If there is not, and it is just a person that is wearing a Costume of a Sticker, then I might know one or two Rumples that would enjoy an academic contest with those that were not amused.

 

Respectfully,

John Curlis

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mtnstyne

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I don't think trademark infringement involves the police arresting you. Isn't that something that would be handled in civil court? Gotta be more to the story.

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Raisethis2

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No reason to arrest for trademark infringement. Someone had to pitch a fit suggesting trespassing I'd think. There's no evidence whether the person was for or against the green bean based upon this info so far.

 

Seems like a pretty good marketing tool to me actually.

 

 

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bochiman

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Trademark infringement?

 

For wearing that as part of a costume, or the costume itself?

That would be pretty far-fetched, imho.....both for someone to go after them for that reason and for the cops to actually use the resources to carry it out.

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newprepper

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Just another case of somebody taking themselves waaaaaaayyy too seriously, especially when you have to call in the fun police. Coin shows must really be serious business.

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RWB

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I heard a bunch of announcements, but couldn't understand most of them....now I know they were calling "Bingo." Darn...and I had a double center cross on my card, too!

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jom

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Someone should dress up as a PCGS Genuine slab that has a gold CAC sticker on it. That way they could "amuse" both PCGS and CAC all at the same time.

 

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bochiman

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Just another case of somebody taking themselves waaaaaaayyy too seriously, especially when you have to call in the fun police. Coin shows must really be serious business.

 

That's also making a premature assumption.

 

I am waiting until we hear more of what the reason was. Could have been someone not appreciating it....could have been a notice not to wear costumes (after what happened in the movie theater in Colorado)....could have been something illegal happening and the costume was circumstance. May not even have been a costume but just something stupid or a way to hide the fact that someone may have been kicked out before and got busted for trespassing by coming back.

 

Too many "could have beens" to make accusations and/or assumptions as to the reason.

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mumu

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I hope it was BNB. I dont understand CAC not being amused. Youd think they would welcome the fandom. Though I suppose they might have thought that showgoers thought they sponsored the guy and that it was not in line with their desired image.

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TomB

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I was there and saw the guy walking around in the CAC costume. The costume was quite professional looking and no one that I was near thought there was anything amiss. Later, the guy left the Convention Center and walked down the block without police escort. I know this because I went to lunch about the time that he left and never saw any police near him.

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James_OldeTowne

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Apparently someone came into the show wearing a costume as a CAC Sticker! No it was not me, and I have people to say where I was :grin:

 

But in any case, the people at CAC were not amused and from what I heard, the perp was arrested! I will find out more tomorrow at the show.

 

Ankur

It was a bit more than "interesting" for me. I was there at precisely the moment when this nut case was dancing around the aisle and he practically knocked me down (by accident, I believe). What a doofus!

 

I was there and saw the guy walking around in the CAC costume. The costume was quite professional looking and no one that I was near thought there was anything amiss.

That's what I thought too. Although he was an annoyance, I actually thought he was involved with CAC somehow, as the costume was indeed very well done.

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Conder101

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"Trademark infringement" was something of a joke, I did not seriously think anyone would be arrested for that. It was just the only legal objection I could think of for someone simply dressing up as their logo. As pointed out later he probably wasn't arrested, just asked to leave for causing a disturbance or being an annoyance.

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L1ncolnF4n

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"Trademark infringement" was something of a joke, I did not seriously think anyone would be arrested for that. It was just the only legal objection I could think of for someone simply dressing up as their logo. As pointed out later he probably wasn't arrested, just asked to leave for causing a disturbance or being an annoyance.

 

Right. This makes me think of ComicCons where people go crazy "cosplaying" as their favorite characters...it's no more copyright than fair use.

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L1ncolnF4n

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I would be very interested in thr basis for the arrest

Impersonating a CAC bean. It's a Class B Misdemeanor.

 

I feel like I'm missing a funny joke with that comment.

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MarkFeld

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I would be very interested in thr basis for the arrest

Impersonating a CAC bean. It's a Class B Misdemeanor.

 

Sorry, that is incorrect. It is a class B(ean) misdemeanor.

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