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On Visa’s behalf, Morgan Freeman congratulates US Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps “on having won more gold medals than anybody EVAR.”

The left boot is from H&M, and the skull pattern on it is created by Helena Lindholm och Nini Andersson and has been used on various items during 2006 & 2007. The boot on the right is from Wedins and showed up in their shops this April. H&M thinks that Wedins pattern is a direct copy of their own and sent warning letters to Wedins already back in April. Since they got no response on that, they went ahead and filed suit the 28th of July demanding the following among other things that the boots shall be destroyed.
Wedins response?: “It is not a copy. I think it’s a bit stomach turning that H&M are filing suit when they are world famous for plagiarizing.” said Mats Björkenfeldt, Wedins lawyer, to Resume.

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(TrendHunter.com) Magniflex is an Italian mattress company. They offer a wide range of shapes and sizes of mattresses – including one that is threaded with 22-karat gold ($24,000 – $30,000). It’s no surprise that this product…

Dell’s VP of Marketing, Casey Jones, is in hot water. The May 2007 hire, who pushed for the seemingly botched WPP/Enfatico consolidation plan, may not have much time left (at least that’s what we’re told) and is apparently on probation.

We hear that after a meeting with the Dell board, Jones was unable to convince the higher-ups that things are going well.

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — "The Dark Knight" may be clobbering everyone at the box office this summer, but it's no match for "Iron Man" or "Sex and the City" when it comes to product placement. Those two blockbusters lead the list of winners of the fourth annual Brandcameo Product Placement Awards, to be featured in the Aug. 18 issue of Brandchannel magazine.

A spy close to Campbell Ewald informs us that layoffs within the agency are set to commence today. We have two other sources confirming this allegation, but as of yet, no one has left the office.

Alltel is one of the few big accounts still spending their money with CE. You’ll recall our coverage of the impending business loss (although that’s still not confirmed), and that former important guy Jeff Scott was responsible for the client’s unhappiness.

One spy went as far as to say that follwing Scott’s departure, Alltel was doing well again. That doesn’t seem to be the case anymore, but we’ll update you when the guillotine drops. For any CE addies that may be going home early today, we hope you get a decent severance.

Update: We’re told the layoffs have begun. No word on numbers as of yet.

Update: “The early count is around 20 so far, and they appear to be spread out across accounts so far. But they’re not done, and there’s no word as to whether this will continue to tomorrow.”

Update: “It was at least 20. It included Chevy, Michelin, and Alltel. The entire Experience Planning/Information Architect is gone.” A terrible day for those at Campbell Ewald.

Updated: “60 is the new number.”

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NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — NBC Universal says it sold an additional $10 million in TV advertising for the Olympics between Monday and Wednesday of this week. The sales are a sign that the network held back inventory, in the likely hopes that positive ratings would spur additional interest from marketers.

WASHINGTON (AdAge.com) — The Democratic and Republican parties may be aiming messages at the American people during their national conventions, but media companies will be fighting to get in front of convention attendees.

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