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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

Or move the dot slightly off center

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

I guess all they need is a picture of a cupcake with the same design before the trademark, and just invalidate the trademark.

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Is Chicago's La Madia a Pizzeria or Restaurant? Who Cares?

You forgot to mention their prize pizza - taleggio and grape. Not your regular pizza, but once I had a bite I fell for it.

By the way, any Chicagoans interested in a restaurant club? I just moved to the South Loop and am starting to check out restaurants in the city.

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PSA of the Day: Please Tip the Pizza Delivery Driver

So I'm still trying to understand minimum wage laws. As I have been told, a waiter/delivery person can be paid an hourly wage below minimum wage, given that at the end of a pay period the sum of the wage and tips came out to more than minimum wage. If it didn't, then the owner of the business was required to make up for the gap.

Anyone actually in the industry want to clarify this for me?

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Viral Stride Gum Videos Featuring Matt Dancing Around the World

I don't know why sites don't use the video from Vimeo. The quality is better, and if you actually visit the site you can see the HD version of it:

http://www.vimeo.com/1211060

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In Videos: Cell Phone Popcorn Hoax: How It Actually Worked

Well now I want to see if placing the magnetron in an open room has any health risks associated to it.

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Organic Brands and Who Owns What

It's not really a full article but this article is the accompanying article. Nothing really insightful, but just more useless facts to squeeze into the brain.

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Is Chicago's La Madia a Pizzeria or Restaurant? Who Cares?

Went to La Madia last week while in Chicago after reading this. I was not disappointed--the pizza I had was great, the wine list fairly long for a pizza place and the waitstaff helpful and knowledgeable. Thanks for the recommendation.

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

Is it just me but do those cupcakes look like.......modernist nipples?

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

are they going to sue me next because i have nipples?

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

all these cupcakes are making me hungry:( hahaha.

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

They should go after Target next! :)

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

Oh, my bad--I meant Choxie. Chockylit's actually an awesome cupcake blog/baker.

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

Good thing Target doesn't sell cupcakes, though I think its Chockylit chocolates have that dot and circle thing all over the place.

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

Isn't that "design" all over everything nowadays? Tough call.

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Is Chicago's La Madia a Pizzeria or Restaurant? Who Cares?

Hey, AK,
Yeah, it might just be a Midwest thing because a lot of folks around our parts (NYC area) tend to be completely unfamiliar with the ground sausage. As for visits to Chicago, a return visit is long overdue. With a pizza fan for a brother living out there, I will be sure to hit up as many of the new (New York style) spots soon. Very soon.

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Sprinkles Cupcakes Sues Over 'Stolen' Use of Dot Design

Or move the dot slightly off center