Comments on: Quaker Oats sends cease/desist to actual Quakers

By: Sid

Sid — Thu, 23 Jun 2016 11:26:41 +0000

In reply to Old Law Prof. So rather than follow the leader, why not set a new standard of integrity and become a leader worth following?

By: WP Kelpfroth

WP Kelpfroth — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:49:36 +0000

Reminds me of the time in the mid ’70s that a saloon opened across the street from the Bank of America’s headquarters in San Francisco, with the blue and red sign “Bar of America”. They did not last too long.

By: Rev. Rudd

Rev. Rudd — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 21:19:35 +0000

In reply to Th3o Moore. There's an old joke about a lawyer that was going broke in a small town, because no was was willing to sue their neighbors. He posted a want ad in a nearby city's newspaper. "Wanted: Attorney to come to Smallville. Not enough work for one attorney. Plenty for two."

By: Tracy Hicks

Tracy Hicks — Wed, 22 Jun 2016 15:12:48 +0000

In reply to SDN. I remember reading about this. It's just as awesome the second time around ?

By: Herp McDerp

Herp McDerp — Tue, 31 May 2016 22:01:43 +0000

Back in the 1960s, when light beers became trendy, one brewery brought out a beer named “Lite.” They were hit by a cease-and-desist order from a detergent manufacturer that had a product named “Lite,” a well-established trademark. The parties took it to court, where the judge ruled that the difference between the two product would ensure that no buyer could possibly confuse the two, and the detergent company lost the suit.

A couple of weeks later the detergent company took out large newspaper ads that said …

LITE TASTES LIKE SOAP.

The beer company paid the detergent company a hefty sum to stop running the ads.

By: Old Law Prof

Old Law Prof — Tue, 31 May 2016 02:35:07 +0000

In reply to Eric M. Bram. Why? Neither the New York Times or the Washington Post follows that procedure. Aren't they the Leaders of the pack?

By: SDN

SDN — Tue, 31 May 2016 00:57:41 +0000

Similar story from Great Britain in the 1990s, where a woman named MacDonald opened up a restaurant named MacDonald’s. She promptly heard from lawyers from the Arches demanding she rename her restaurant.

In response, the UK HQ was sent a messenger in full regalia from the MacDonald of MacDonald, Laird of Clan MacDonald, who basically told them: “No, Sassenach, WE had the name first, and if you don’t go away, you’ll be paying us.”

MickeyDs decided discretion was the better part of valor…..

By: Th3o Moore

Th3o Moore — Tue, 31 May 2016 00:30:23 +0000

A lot of people hate lawyers. I know that. The truth is slightly (only slightly) different. Lawyers are a good thing. In a lot of very necessary ways they do well for our society. The real problem comes in two separate parts. 1) The better paid they are the more likely they are to be a part of the problem. 2) If we disbarred half of our lawyers in our nation this year we would not have any shortage of lawyers.

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 30 May 2016 23:43:12 +0000

If one of my associates made that sort of mistake they would be terminated.

By: The Sanity Inspector

The Sanity Inspector — Mon, 30 May 2016 22:27:35 +0000

Too good to check?