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Category: Office Life
Company sued for also calling conference room a fishbowl
(AUSTIN, Texas)–Rose, Furman & Associates (RFA) has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Ninja Marketing Gurus, Inc., for also using the term “fishbowl” to name its glass-walled conference room.
According to court documents published Monday, RFA claims that Ninja Marketing Gurus had posted on its Instagram account a photo of six staff members “having an on fleek creative meeting for a new client in our fishbowl. #ThatsHowNinjasDoIt”
RFA opened May 1, 1998 and named its conference room shortly thereafter. Ninja Marketing Gurus was founded in 2015 in a coworking space and moved to its current office in October 2016.
The lawsuit states that Ninja Marketing Gurus must immediately rename its conference room and remove other infringing elements, including a whiteboard with Post-It notes, a mini-fridge with bottled water from Costco and a “Chive On” poster.
“Whether it’s to figure out how to make our clients seem like they know cool slang on social media, go over individual staff wins for the past week or frantically fill out industry award applications last-minute, the Fishbowl(R) has always been a unique component of our agency,” RFA Co-Founder and Chief Idea Officer Jeff Rose said in a written statement. “Any other company thinking to make the walls of their conference room see-through and cleverly naming it a ‘fishbowl’ is obviously stealing our IP.”
Rose also noted the ability to see who’s in the fishbowl and spontaneously join in meetings has helped RFA attract “rock-star talent in our industry.”
Attempts to reach Ninja Marketing Gurus for comment were unsuccessful.
Desperate employee eats six-year-old Lean Cuisine in office freezer
(CHICAGO)–In an apparent move of desperation, Junior Account Executive Tyler Gertz ate a six-year-old Lean Cuisine he found in the breakroom freezer and lived, Office Manager Wendy Peeler disclosed Tuesday on the company intranet site.
“When I discovered what (Tyler) did, I almost threw up my Starbucks very hot, non-fat, no whip with an extra shot grande chai latte,” Peeler said. “He may as well have eaten a cryogenically frozen chicken.”
Two sources confirmed the grilled chicken primavera Lean Cuisine box was marked with the name of Karen Mance, who left for another job in 2009.
Personnel records show Gertz is three months on the job and making an annual salary of $22,000. No details of his gastrointestinal fortitude were available.
The Justin Bieber-resembling Gertz claimed he was “literally starving” from pulling an all-nighter for a client project and consuming 11 cups of coffee in a 22-hour period.
“Look, I didn’t have any f***ing time to run to the deli a block away,” Gertz said. “I had spotted a corner of that frozen box a couple weeks ago behind someone’s half-eaten Ben and Jerry’s and was pleasantly surprised it was still there at lunch time today.”
Gertz described the grilled chicken primavera as edible, though the asparagus and broccoli “tasted like a**.”
The smell from the microwave made several interns gag violently, it was reported.