Playboy sues 'Lawyer of Love'

Mag fights ex-columnist's attempt to trademark her title

Playboy.com, which fired a columnist who posed nude in its magazine last year, now wants to strip her of one of her most valuable assets: the "Lawyer of Love" label.

The Chicago-based magazine filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday saying Corri Fetman, a lawyer, illegally tried to register a U.S. trademark on "Lawyer of Love," a moniker for a Playboy column that the mag contends it owns.

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Chicago divorce lawyer and former Playboy model Corri Fetman was sued by Playboy Tuesday.
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Fetman is known for putting up, and posing for, billboards that proclaim "Life is short. Get a divorce." In 2008, Playboy offered Fetman a gig to free-lance as an advice columnist because she was "a local lawyer with some exposure," the lawsuit said. Playboy ended its contract with Fetman later that year.

The lawsuit says Fetman still advertises herself as a Playboy columnist and uses the "Lawyer of Love" title on her Web site.

Fetman, who posed nude when she worked as a columnist, sued Playboy this year, saying she was sexually harassed. She had no comment about the new suit.