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Irrelevant death-metal duo win large settlement from dc shoes over logo.


BUTTE Butte, city, United States
Butte (byt), city (1990 pop. 33,336), seat of Silver Bow co., SW Mont.; inc. 1879. It is a trade, ranching, and industrial center.
, MT -- A piece of loose-leaf paper with frivolous scratchings on it created a financial windfall for two local death-metal enthusiasts after a settlement with DC shoes DC Shoes is an American based footwear company in Vista, CA founded in 1993 which specializes in shoes for skateboarding as well as snowboarding boots and outerwear. The company manufactures footwear for all types of extreme sports, including skateboarding, snowboarding, BMX, . Tyler Howell and Mike Day considered creating a band 19-years-ago. Although they never recorded anything or learned to play instruments, they did spend hours doodling possible band names and logos. They settled on Demonicide Catharsis catharsis

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. On a whim, they patented their crummy crum·my also crumb·y  
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1. Miserable or wretched: a crummy situation in the family.

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 drawings for when the band made it big. Through blind luck, their 'DC' logo bore a vague resemblance to the DC shoes logo created years later. The shoe company settled for a six-figure sum.
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