{"id":2376,"date":"2004-05-14T17:50:06","date_gmt":"2004-05-14T21:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2004\/05\/14\/we-are-amused-buddha-snot\/"},"modified":"2004-05-14T17:50:06","modified_gmt":"2004-05-14T21:50:06","slug":"we-are-amused-buddha-snot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2004\/05\/14\/we-are-amused-buddha-snot\/","title":{"rendered":"We Are Amused – Buddha Snot"},"content":{"rendered":"

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From the
\n Land of Pocari Sweat…<\/strong><\/p>\n

Priests at one of Japan’s most famous temples
\n have taken steps to block the sale
\n of a sweet marketed as the "Snot from the nose of the Great Buddha".<\/p>\n

They have prevented the name being registered as a trademark at the patent
\n office, but have been unable to stop vendors selling the sweets to hordes
\n of tourists who flock to see the giant Buddha in the ancient capital, Nara,
\n in western Japan.<\/p>\n

Yamamoto Bussan, the company that launched the sweet three years ago, has
\n said that in a recession a product name needs to make a strong impact.<\/p>\n

from the Telegraph of London<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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