Obama supporter whiffs
Published: Wed, Mar. 19, 2008 12:30AM
Modified Wed, Mar. 19, 2008 02:42AM
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closeNEW YORK -- A Web site selling "Obama" T-shirts using the typefaces of Major League Baseball teams closed after drawing attention from the sport's lawyers.
"We sent a cease-and-desist letter for violating our trademark," baseball spokesman Rich Levin said Tuesday.
Morris Levin, a supporter of Barack Obama's presidential campaign, operated www.obamaofdreams.com and said he shut down the site March 4. He said he stopped sales on that date.
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"I started the site as a fun way to show support for Sen. Obama, and I'm a big Phillies fan," he said in an e-mail to The Associated Press. "I did not make any profit on this, and I think that Major League Baseball has a fantastic product of which I am a big consumer."
The closure was first reported by www.thesmokinggun.com.
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