Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

On the 25th March 2011, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15014748">Mark Coop of 'Keep Calm and Carry On LTD'</a> registered a trademark of the words <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keep_Calm_and_Carry_On">Keep Calm and Carry On</a> in an attempt to take control of the very British and <a href="http://www.google.ca/search?q=keep+calm+and+carry+on&amp;oe=utf-8&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;um=1&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;tbm=isch&amp;source=og&amp;sa=N&amp;hl=en&amp;tab=wi&amp;biw=1920&amp;bih=952#um=1&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-GB%3Aofficial&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=1&amp;q=keep+calm&amp;pbx=1&amp;oq=keep+calm&amp;aq=f&amp;aqi=g10&amp;aql=1&amp;gs_sm=e&amp;gs_upl=18976l18976l0l19278l1l1l0l0l0l0l108l108l0.1l1l0&amp;fp=1&amp;biw=1920&amp;bih=952&amp;bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.&amp;cad=b">now very famous</a>, nostalgia invoking, wartime poster. The trademark has angered<a href="http://www.barterbooks.co.uk/"> Barter Books</a> (who <a href="http://www.keepcalmhome.com/">discovered the poster</a>), <a href="http://www.wartimeposters.co.uk/">wartimeposters.co.uk</a> (owners of an original poster) and Kerry Cade from <a href="http://www.simplyprinting4u.co.uk/index_014.htm">Simply Printing 4U</a> whose business was greatly affected by the trademark. Now, in true British Spirit, a group of wartime enthusiasts has come together in<a href="http://keepcalmcampaign.co.uk/"> an attempt to overturn the trademark</a>.