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Martin McCaffery
Film God

Posts: 2481
From: Montgomery, AL
Registered: Jun 99

posted 11-11-2010 03:48 PM

Speaking of logo suits, and suggesting corporations are more sue-happy than real people, Walgreens sues Wegman's over the use of "W" (maybe the ex-pres needs a piece of this action):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/06/AR2010110602486.html

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Walgreens sues Wegmans in logo dispute

The Associated Press
Saturday, November 6, 2010; 1:46 PM
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Drugstore chain Walgreens is suing the Wegmans supermarket chain, claiming the New York-based grocery's logo is too similar to its own.

The trademark infringement lawsuit was filed Oct. 27 at a federal court in Virginia.

Both companies use a similar script in their logos. Deerfield, Ill.-based Walgreen Co. says in the court complaint that consumers could be misled into thinking the companies are connected.

Walgreens says its "flying W" deserves trademark protection because it has been in use since 1951.

But Rochester-based Wegmans said the scripted "W" it adopted in 2008 is actually a copy of logos used by the supermarket in the 1930s.

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Sam Graham
AKA: "The Evil Sam Graham". Wackiness ensues.

Posts: 1431
From: Waukee, IA
Registered: Dec 2004

posted 11-12-2010 10:20 AM

And yet they're not suing the Washington Nationals?

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Steve Guttag
We forgot the crackers Gromit!!!

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From: Annapolis, MD
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 11-12-2010 12:42 PM

After looking at the logos...the case should be thrown out.

WRT the Nationals...at least there you have an athletic club, not a food store...there is no chance of confusing the two companies. Now Wilsons curly W and the Nationals would be a closer confusion.

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Chad Souder
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 962
From: Waterloo, IA, USA
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 11-12-2010 03:06 PM

Remember when the World Wildlife Fund sued Vince McMahon and made them stop using WWF? That one was funny to me because they had wrestled under the WWF name for so many years and were extrememly popular while nobody knew (probably still don't know) what the World Wildlife Fund even is.

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