Imitations
The logo has become a pop-culture icon, inspiring imitations in every corner of the globe. Merchandise proclaiming "I ♥ ..." can be found wherever tourists gather. New York has tried to uphold its trademark by filing nearly 3,000 objections against imitators (to 2005).
Parodies, such as "I Spayed My Pets" (using a ♠) or "I Club Seals" (using a ♣), have also appeared. Facetious expressions beginning "I heart…", are based on a literal reading of the logo (e.g., the film I Heart Huckabees).
In 1980 a court concluded that the producers of Saturday Night Live did not infringe on the copyrights of the “I Love New York” campaign with its “I Love Sodom” skit, ruling that it was a parody.
It has also been referenced in the work of other artists, such as the work of British designer Danny Flynn who embodied the idiom of English reserve and understatement in his 2005 'I don't mind NY' design.
Read more about this topic: I Love New York
Famous quotes containing the word imitations:
“I think that Pilgrim’s Progress is the best sermon which has been preached from this text; almost all other sermons that I have heard, or heard of, have been but poor imitations of this.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Our vices always lie in the direction of our virtues, and in their best estate are but plausible imitations of the latter.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“That man’s best works should be such bungling imitations of Nature’s infinite perfection, matters not much; but that he should make himself an imitation, this is the fact which Nature moans over, and deprecates beseechingly. Be spontaneous, be truthful, be free, and thus be individuals! is the song she sings through warbling birds, and whispering pines, and roaring waves, and screeching winds.”
—Lydia M. Child (1802–1880)