FOOTWEAR MAKER Lugz took serious steps yesterday to boot Apple’s latest iPod commercials off the air. The shoe company issued a cease and desist letter to Apple and its ad agency TBWA/Chiat/Day, ...

Shoe company Lugz has issued a cease and desist letter to Apple Computer and the company’s longtime advertising agency TBWA/Chiat/Day, demanding that Apple’s latest iPod ad featuring Eminem be taken ...

Lugz footwear has sent Apple a legal cease-and-desist letter ordering it to pull the new Eminem iPod ad because of “disturbing” similarities to a 2002 Lugz spot called “Arrow,” according to AdWeek.

A few days ago I blogged about the mounting controversy over Apple's new TV ads by TBWA/Chiat Day featuring Eminem that bear a striking similarity to TV ads for Lugz done by New York shop Avrett, Free ...

The hubbub over a new Apple ad that looks a lot like an earlier spot for Lugz boots just got louder. Avrett Free Ginsberg – the agency that created the Lugz spot along with animation house Psyop – ...

Steve Jobs probably had to be told just who or what Lugz was when he received a cease and desist letter today from the shoe company. Check this out: Lugz ad campaign four years ago. The ads, which ...

You know how it is. Sometimes you walk into a convenience store or bodega only to get mean-mugged by the dude at the cash register like you might rob the place at a moment's notice. This one has a ...

Apple Computer, known for its trendsetting technology, finds itself in the uncomfortable position of being labeled a follower – or worse, a rip-off artist – over a new ad campaign. Apple’s new ad ...

This is a variant cover for Amazing Spider-Man #11, being sent to comic retailers, one per store, featuring Lugz sneakers. A paid for promotion, it sees Kingpin in a pose reminiscent of an earlier ...

The New York Post notes the similarities between Eminem's new iPod ad and a 2002 spot for Lugz footwear. (Like the ads, the Post story bears a similarity to my blog post here on Monday). Anyway, ...

Lugz footwear has sent Apple a legal cease-and-desist letter ordering it to pull the new Eminem iPod ad because of "disturbing" similarities to a 2002 Lugz spot called "Arrow," according to AdWeek.