Diesel 10

This guy won the battle against FedEx lawyers

---
Man's Shipping Box Furniture Causes FedEx Fits

POSTED: 11:08 am EDT August 17, 2005
UPDATED: 11:23 am EDT August 17, 2005

A man in Arizona who furnished his home with furniture made only of FedEx shipping boxes won a fight against the company to maintain a Web site telling others how to do it, according to a Local 6 News report.

"They are amazingly sturdy," Jose Avila said. "I feel a lot more comfortable shipping stuff with FedEx just because of the fact that I know they are sturdy. They will take my weight standing on them or jumping up and down of different pieces of furniture."

Software developer Jose Avila said he could not afford new furniture in his new apartment so he decided to make all of his furniture with boxes.

"It's pricey when you are starting out with just a lamp and trying to buy a bed, desk and dining set," Avila said.

Avilla said the boxes provided the perfect material to build furniture.

"They are amazingly sturdy," Avila said. "I feel a lot more comfortable shipping stuff with FedEx just because of the fact that I know they are sturdy. They will take my weight standing on them or jumping up and down of different pieces of furniture."

Avilla said the cost-effective FedEx furniture worked so well for him that he wanted to share the method with others. He created a Web site that included building plans and material lists to create FedEx furniture.

FedEx was not amused, Local 6 News reported.

FedEx company lawyers sent Avila a letter demanding he take down his Web site, saying he violated trademark laws.

However, attorneys established no laws had been violated.

Avila said he was surprised the company sent the letter, according to the report.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

captain_drew

He wouldn’t have been if he knew what a bunch of dickweed *********$ they are! He should send FedEx a bill for all the FREE name brand good will and advertising he is doing.