Homeland Security Agents Visit Toy Store

[donsu]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20041028/ap_on_fe_st/toy_store_homeland_security

So far as she knows, Pufferbelly Toys owner Stephanie Cox hasn't been passing any state secrets to sinister foreign governments, or violating obscure clauses in the Patriot Act.

So she was taken aback by a mysterious phone call from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to her small store in this quiet Columbia River town just north of Portland.

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When the two agents arrived at the store, the lead agent asked Cox whether she carried a toy called the Magic Cube, which he said was an illegal copy of the Rubik's Cube, one of the most popular toys of all time.

He told her to remove the Magic Cube from her shelves, and he watched to make sure she complied.

After the agents left, Cox called the manufacturer of the Magic Cube, the Toysmith Group, which is based in Auburn, Wash. A representative told her that Rubik's Cube patent had expired, and the Magic Cube did not infringe on the rival toy's trademark.
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the agency said they were just protecting the american economy

the owner of Rubik's Cube must be a member of the bushgang. wonder how much money they gave smirk?

[aden_nak]

1. I feel so very, very SAFE right now.