Pokemon vs. POKEMON Gene
Well, it looks like Nintendo Pokemon USA threatened to sue the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York over the abbreviation of the POK erythroid myeloid ontogenic gene: POKEMON, arguing that associating their Pokemon brand with cancer is bad for business. The cancer research center conceded that yes, perhaps that made sense, so they went ahead and changed the POKEMON gene to the Zbtb7 gene. Little do they know that Microsoft is soon releasing a game entiled 7btb7 for the Xbox 360, which revolves around a CIA agent code named Zbtb7.
Okay, that last part isn’t true. But the other stuff is.
(Source) [Thanks, Yuhwei!]
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3 opinions for Pokemon vs. POKEMON Gene
Matt
Dec 20, 2005 at 12:43 pm
How did they go from POKEMON to Zbtb7?
Tor
Dec 20, 2005 at 1:11 pm
Pikachu has cancer? *watches his childhood dreams shatter into tiny little pieces*
Ingrid
Dec 20, 2005 at 1:13 pm
Matt: I was wondering that myself. Must be some kind of scientific thingie. Maybe Erin can answer since she’s a certified Science Thingie Expert.
Tor: Hahaha…
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