Post by Carl LaFong on Feb 26, 2019 17:36:40 GMT
Manchester United has ordered a couple who make their own "terrible" football stickers to stop selling "wonky drawings" of the team's ex-players.
Alex and Sian Pratchett, known as the Panini Cheapskates, have won a loyal fanbase with their crude imitations of the playground collectables.
Premier League side Man Utd contacted the Pratchetts over the use of its trademarks such as its Red Devil badge.
The Oxford couple's stickers have now been withdrawn from sale.
A Manchester United spokesman said the stickers had infringed the club's "intellectual property rights".
On Twitter, the couple wrote: "Sad times. Man Utd got in touch and made us stop selling our wonky drawings of their ex-players. If you've ordered one, we'll be in touch.
"Though on the plus side, learned a lot about EU trademark directives this morning."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-47372856
Shit club.
