AT&T files a lawsuit on Verizon's "Island of Misfit Toys&

[Vidboy10]

Well, you knew this was coming -- AT&T's amended its advertising lawsuit against Verizon to include Big Red's new holiday ads, including that oh-so-cute Island of Misfit Toys spot, and demanded that they be taken off the air. At question is the same map of AT&T's 3G coverage used in the other commercial, which Ma Bell says misleads customers into thinking it has no service at all in large swaths of the country. Best part? AT&T's lawyers had to describe the ad in their new filing, leading to passages like this:

"The spotted elephant, in a surprised manner, asks the iPhone "What are you doing here? You can download apps and browse the web!" and a Dolly for Sue asserts that "Yeah. People will love you [the iPhone]."

Happy holidays, folks.

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[Celice]

yay capitalism

 

[Sterling]

Anyone misled by that ad is stupid. Anyone can read that caption under the map as "AT&T 3G Coverage" and not regular phone coverage... I mean other than blind or deaf people. (they don't have a need for it anyways)

 

[Fat D]

But who of the stupid knows what 3G really is?

 

[Raika]

... People really have nothing better to do these days. Those nit-picky idiots...

 

[jesterscourt]

Does anyone else find it funny that companies like this apparently do not understand the Streisand Effect?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Does anyone else find it funny that companies like this apparently do not understand the Streisand Effect?

What, that old Jewish women can appeal to a large gay audience?

 

[Joe88]

http://gizmodo.com/5406245/verizon-to-att-...uth-hurts-bitch

verizon responds to at&t by saying its ads are true and the truth hurts doesnt it