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Naked Cowboy and Indian battle for bite of Big Apple

Famous tourist attraction at Times Square, the Naked Cowboy, gets some new competition

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Posted On Tuesday, August 07, 2012 at 08:50:46 AM

New York: For 13 years, Robert Burck has been the Naked Cowboy at Times Square in New York city, wearing nothing but a Stetson, white cowboy boots and tiny, tight white underpants — a tourist staple. But Burck is the lone ranger no more.

Naked Cowboy (L) threatened to sue the ‘Indian’ for the ‘Naked’ logo he used

Naked (Native) Indian has come to town. Dressed in a faux feather headdress, tasseled suede boots, and underpants every bit as tight as those of his rival, the Naked Indian describes himself as the new naked king of Times Square.
 
“There’s more vitality, energy in me,” the Naked Indian, who would not give his real name, but is reportedly called Adam David. Burck insists he’s not worried.
 
The imitation is “flattering,” he said. But Burck used a legal threat to force his rival to remove the logo “Naked Indian” from his underpants, saying this infringed on his trademarked “Naked Cowboy,” written by hand across his own Fruit of the Loom tighty whities.

The veteran street performer, who says he is 41, believes the Naked Indian, who only showed up last month, will not last. “I have a thousand little tricks that he doesn’t,” he said.

Naked Cowboy has built something of an empire over the years, including a line of T-shirts, cowboy boots and underpants available on his www.nakedcowboy.comwebsite.

The Indian says he currently earns between $200 and $500 a day and that “a little marketing” will double that. As for his boots-and-spurs-wearing cowboy competitor, he’ll fade away, the Indian says. “He’s had his glory days.”







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