Dont support Starbucks Coffee anymore!

[tojo]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Dec 6 2005, 09:20 AM']

Its the official drink of Catholics!

I guess the "Church Faithful" tag is getting a litte farther away!
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Gee, and I thought the Blood of Christ was! :

[Jaime]

[quote name='reelguy227' date='Dec 6 2005, 12:18 PM']Your missing the point, so basically your'e saying that she can't use her own name for her own business. If anything , she had the name that sounded like Starbucks before they were even around. Everyone is missing the entire point, its her business, and her name ,she should be able to use it whatever the heck way she wants. No one will ever confues Sambucks with Starbucks , I used to go to Starbucks all the time, and would never have gotten such a big chain and logo confused with her hole in the wall coffee shop. Whatever dudes.

God Bless and Mary Protect

Ricky
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So what if I went and got my name changed to Target? Or Walter Mart? Or how about Victoria Secret? Because its my name do I get to open a store with it then?

Nope. Trademarking is trademarking. There are actors who had to change their names because another actor had it registered already. Just because its given to you doesn't mean you can market it.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Dec 6 2005, 12:23 PM']So what if I went and got my name changed to Target?  Or Walter Mart?  Or how about Victoria Secret?  Because its my name do I get to open a store with it then? 

Nope.  Trademarking is trademarking.  There are actors who had to change their names because another actor had it registered already.  Just because its given to you doesn't mean you can market it.
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Right. And it's not like she opened a seafood distributorship -- it was a coffee shop. She was definitely intending to play off the notoriety of the Starbucks name for her coffee company by using her own name. Starbucks isn't making her give up her name altogether. They're just saying she can't use it to sell coffee.

[Jaime]

Incidentally Abby, I've registered the SN of Sojourner on several Catholic boards.

You'll need to find another monicker. People are getting confused.

[tojo]

lol


Well, I'm Tomasio (tm) and/or Tomasio127 (tm) everywhere.

Although I have yet yo use it, I also have Topete (tm) locked in.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Dec 6 2005, 12:40 PM']Incidentally Abby, I've registered the SN of Sojourner on several Catholic boards. 

You'll need to find another monicker.  People are getting confused.
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I am quite sure my case would prevail in court. I have Dennis the Intellectual Property Attorney from a Big Firm in my corner.

[Timothy]

[quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Dec 6 2005, 11:26 AM']If she'd started her shop first, she'd have more standing. As it is, she named her shop knowing it would cause a lawsuit.
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I'm in agreeance

[Jaime]

[quote name='Sojourner' date='Dec 6 2005, 12:46 PM']I am quite sure my case would prevail in court. I have Dennis the Intellectual Property Attorney from a Big Firm in my corner.
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Thanks for the heads up! I trademarked "Dennis the Intellectual Property Attorney" three years ago.

There's some Christmas cash just waiting for me!!

[Ash Wednesday]

The thing is, she isn't really "using her name." She has taken Sam Buck and made them a single word, i.e. "Sambucks." Of course she's referencing Starbucks -- who are we kidding here?

Sometimes I think boycotting mammoth companies for a cause is like throwing straws at a tank. But in general, I think we should be supporting smaller businesses over big ones for a lot of reasons if we can help it -- the product is usually better, for one thing.

I liked Starbucks when they were like a "local" company to us in the Seattle area in the early 90s. Their stuff was higher quality back then. When Starbucks became a mammoth company I switched to our local coffee house. As for this woman, I think Starbucks has a valid case. Sure, it seems pretty lame but I think it is a trademark violation.

But hey, look at all the publicity the woman got over it. Maybe she's not a bad businesswoman after all!

[Sojourner]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Dec 6 2005, 12:49 PM']Thanks for the heads up!  I trademarked "Dennis the Intellectual Property Attorney" three years ago. 

There's some Christmas cash just waiting for me!!
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Ahhh, but did you trademark "Dennis the Intellectual Property Attorney From a Big Firm (tm)"? I think not.

Checkmate!

[Jaime]

That entire line better be on his letterhead or hot stuff's getting a new Lexus.

[Sojourner]

[quote name='hot stuff' date='Dec 6 2005, 12:53 PM']That entire line better be on his letterhead or hot stuff's getting a new Lexus.
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It is, of course. You can expect a letter from him within 10 days announcing my suit over your trademark infringement.

[inDEED]

Could care less...

[Jaime]

[quote name='inDEED' date='Dec 6 2005, 12:59 PM']Could care less...
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So then you care?

How much?

[Norseman82]

I recall a case in which Sears was trying to get somebody whose real name was Sears to change the name of his pharmacy (I think that's what it was). I believe they reached an agreement to let him keep the name as long as he was alive, if I recall correctly.