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.

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 – ...

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 ...

Then the ad disappeared from Apple's site that same day without explanation, only to reappear later, both online and on TV. Last week, Justin Booth-Clibborn (executive producer for Psyop who made the ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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.