Former Finnish Idols judge snags existing magazine’s name
You all know about everybody’s favorite free English-in-Finland magazine that I often promote (and often write for) on here called, “The Ovi”, right? Well former Finnish Idols judge Jone Nikula (what’s the infatuation with this guy, he looks like such a dirball?) is using the same name for his forthcoming free magazine – weak!!..
Whether Jone was influenced by Thanos Kalamidas and Asa Butcher’s Ovi was not mentioned in their Press Release (http://www.marmai.fi/doc.te?f_id=915164), but he will certainly become aware of the fact over the next few months.
The original Ovi has been an online magazine for 14 months, has published 14 issues and the name has become synonymous with our style. According to international web measurements, Ovi magazine, the only e-zine from Finland, outranks many Finnish monthly and daily magazines, in Finnish or English. In addition, we have been presenting a weekly radio show under the name ‘Ovi Magazine Bad Boys’ for over four months.
After all the expense and effort they have done and will do, they will find that they are coming second and advertising another magazine that might not be their style! From our side, the only thing we have to do is remind them that there are European laws protecting copycats and fourteen months of successful history gives us a good advantage.
