Load of balls

There’s nothing rips Under the Counter’s knitting like Norwegian underwear brands getting into bother in the United States. So, this year that meant Christmas was ruined thanks to the US Patent Office, which wouldn’t allow scandi scants company Comfyballs a trademark, given the ‘vulgar’ nature of the word ‘balls’.

An outraged Anders Selvig, founder of comfyballs, pointed out: “The trademarks “Nice Balls” and “I love my balls” have recently both been approved by the USPTO.”