Re: [CH] Re: Evil corporate types
Jim Graham (spooky130@cox.net)
Tue, 3 Jun 2008 07:02:59 -0500
On Tue, Jun 03, 2008 at 10:56:13AM +0000, Alex Silbajoris wrote:
> If I were the governor of the Mexican state of Tabasco, I'd be sending
> a letter saying something like "Looks like you're making some good
> money on our name."
If you were the governor of the Mexican state of Tabasco, would you
want to invite a lawsuit AGAINST you (for trademark infringement) by
doing so? Sadly, no smiley here...I've heard about too many equally
absurd lawsuits.... Boston Brewery/Boston Beer Company (both located
in Boston---one, the one that makes Sam Adams beer, sued the other for
their use of "Boston" ... I'm surprised they didn't sue the city for
the same thing). Anheiser-Busch takes a trip to Czech., finds a really
great beer named (after translation) Budweiser Budvar. A-B decides to
name their beer Budweiser...and later sues the Czechs, who had "only"
been using the name for a few centuries before A-B even existed....
Later,
--jim
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