Prostitutes File Suit Against Abercrombie & Fitch
 
LAS VEGAS (Reuters)  Attorneys for a cooperative trade group of licensed sex workers announced a $50 million lawsuit filed today in Federal Court against Abercrombie & Fitch.  According to spokesman Anthony De Juliano, the lawsuit alleges Abercrombie designs for youthful female garments and the wearing thereof  constitute a dilution of a well-known trademark of prostitute apparel.
 
According to legal experts, dilution is the unauthorized use of a well-known mark that protects the distinctive quality of any word or symbol used for identification. Dilution takes two forms: blurring and tarnishment. Blurring causes the diluted mark to no longer uniquely identify its owner's goods or services. Tarnishment diminishes the quality associated with the mark.
 
Says De Juliano, "How can a man find a real prostitute if every woman looks like one?"  De Juliano also served notice on women's publications for theft of trade secrets and that another suit base on fair trade is eminent saying "If women want to act like prostitutes, they should be trained by prostitutes and get paid like prostitutes.  Just because a woman has read a few women's magazines doesn't mean she is qualified."
 
Representatives of Abercrombie & Fitch refused to comment on the lawsuit, but stated every women has the right to dress like a prostitute if she wants to and will vigorously defend any action against it.