The man behind the AllOfGarden.com blog wrote Tuesday that he has been granted a "total pardon"—as he described it in a four-stanza limerick.

Said blogger, Vincent "Vino" Malone, is the proprietor of AllOfGarden.com, a website that chronicles a quest to eat as much Olive Garden pasta as possible (via the Never Ending Pasta Pass).

Last week, Malone announced that he had received what appeared to be a legal demand e-mail from Darden, Olive Garden’s parent company, claiming alleged trademark infringement, because he used the phrase "Olive Garden" on his website. Malone ridiculed the demand in a response that he posted publicly, in which he accurately described the concept of "nominative fair use"—the trademark equivalent of fair use in copyright law.

According to a screenshot of an e-mail from Darden, the company said it will "take no further action related to the letter you received so long as you continue to respect our brand (that last part was from legal). :-)"

The company also offered to send him a $50 gift card and an additional "fun surprise."

We have reprinted Malone’s limerick in full below.

As of six thirty-five in the PMs

I've wrapped up my talks with the chieftains

They were misconstrued;

I'm not getting sued

And I needn't write out any ™s Yes! An official who represents Darden

Has granted me a total pardon

We've reached resolution

I received absolution

For daring to print "olive garden" The source of the problem was sought

And the sender-offender was caught!

That e-mail was provided

(If you wonder [as I did])

by a prodigious, litigious spam-bot. My sole issue with Legal's retort

Was the prose of their written report

The demand was specific:

a reply via lim'rick

Well. At least I'm not going to court.

Neither Darden nor Olive Garden has responded to any of Ars’ requests for comment.