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	<title>BigShinyThing &#187; FedEx</title>
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		<title>FedEx Doesn&#8217;t Get It</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Anne-Fay</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Nice To Know - Archived]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FedEx]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[furniture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Missing a fantastic brand marketing opportunity, FedEx sues a man making furniture out of their boxes. 
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.bigshinything.com/phpix/view.php?album=bst&#038;pic=840544727.jpeg" rel="shadowbox[post-446];player=img;"><img class="storyimage" src="http://www.bigshinything.com/wp-photos/840544727.jpeg" alt="tables.jpg"/></a>Maybe they should have called their marketing department instead of the lawyers: &#8216;Look! Someone loved FedEx so much they made all their furniture out of it/our packaging is strong enough to make tables out of&#8217; &#8230; and so on.  </p>
<p>Wired has the <a href="http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,68492,00.html">full story</a>.  The website which sparked the litigation is still viewable at <a href="http://www.fedexfurniture.com">www.fedexfurniture.com</a>.</p>
<p>Or maybe it <em>is </em> some clever marketing ploy &#8230; it&#8217;s getting increasingly hard to tell. </p>
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