The North Face takes on The South Butt in legal battle

Wednesday, October 7, 2009 | 12:01 a.m. CDT; updated 6:44 p.m. CST, Monday, December 14, 2009

COLUMBIA — When MU freshman Jimmy Winkelmann, 18, was a sophomore at Chaminade College Preparatory School in St. Louis, he thought it would be funny to mock his classmates who wore brand names, such as The North Face. So he created his own clothing with a logo that read “The South Butt.”

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