Virus Caused Due to Popularity of Sprinkles Cupcakes Vs. Famous Cupcakes Lawsuit

A cupcake is a simple mixture of flour, sugar, baking soda, eggs, vanilla and milk. An easy recipe for a cupcake appears here. If you are baking a cupcake, you wouldn't think that a simple cupcake would hold anything that might be taken to court or a lawsuit is initiated about.

A Short, Brief Explanation of the Lawsuit

However, Sprinkles Cupcakes is suing Famous Cupcakes concerning the dot in the center of the cupcake. The words "Famous Cupcakes" is a phrase in the top 100 most searched words for today. It is apparent that the public is amazed that such a simple thing can turn into a big lawsuit. However, it is not only the public that believes this story has been blown out of proportion.

TakePart Blog calls the lawsuit a "Sugary Story of Ridiculousness". Yahoo News says the creator of Famous Cupcakes was contacted repeatedly to remove the trademark symbol before Sprinkles Cupcakes initiated a lawsuit.

Have lawsuits gone overboard over trademark issues or is this a publicity stunt in attempt for some cupcake companies to get noticed by the major media outlets? Is this an attempt to protect a trademark or receive free press?

Other sources are taking advantage of the Sprinkle Cupcake vs. Famous Cupcakes Lawsuits. Some websites have a video about Famous Cupcakes listed on their website. These websites are taking advantage of the fact that the public is interested in the lawsuit filed by Sprinkles cupcakes. Astonished web users will be stunned when instead of a Famous Cupcake video installing, there computer downloads a virus and Spyware disguised as a program which is supposed to allow you to see the video.

My Computer Downloaded a Virus from Famous Cupcakes Video

Curious, I did a web search for "Famous Cupcakes". After clicking onto one of the websites, I clicked continue when the website wanted to download software to "get the video to work" and "install components Windows needed to view the video". After I clicked continue, I realized one second too late that this was a bad idea. The website I visited had already begun installing a virus and Spyware onto my computer.

It appears that this story about Sprinkles Cupcakes vs. Famous Cupcakes may not be so sweet. Several on-line websites are using the popularity of this news content for their own purposes. So before curiosity gets the best of you, think before you install the software to "view" the Famous Cupcakes story. Hopefully, this news article will save you a lot of grief.

Sources:

http://www.cupcakerecipes.com/easyrecipe.htm, Cupcake Recipes

http://www.sprinklescupcakes.com/, Sprinkles Cupcakes

http://www.famouscupcakes.com, Famous Cupcakes

Gina Telaroli, http://blogs.takepart.com/2008/08/18/famous-battles-sprinkles-in-silly-cupcake-wars/, TakePart Blog

Gina Keating, "Cupcake makers at war over dot-in-circle trademark" ,http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/lf_nm_life/sprinkles_lawsuit_dc;_ylt=AobpLyBhlI9Lw4D59R0VeE2FWo14, Yahoo News