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Wozniak

Post subject: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:40 pm

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100915/ap_ ... op_lawsuit

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The International House of Pancakes is suing another IHOP, the International House of Prayer, saying the church mission shouldn't be allowed to take advantage of the restaurant chain's famous name and acronym.

gotta say, pancakes win.

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CriminallyVu1gar

Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 2:51 pm

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bahahahaha

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:22 pm

Hart Winner

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Hmm

God?
Or Pancakes.

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:26 pm

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Obviously, pancakes. Marty would be disappointed with any other answer.

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 3:28 pm

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Sorry Chuck Norris. Got to go for IHOP.

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:28 pm

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IHOP is trademarked isn't it?

Be creative with your acronyms, and don't change one word to make it fit.

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No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

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As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:32 pm

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It's the church's way of trying to lure fatties to go to church.

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:33 pm

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fly as hale wrote:

It's the churche's way of trying to lure fatties to go to church.

"Lets go to IHOP" DAMMIT where are the pancakes???????

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CriminallyVu1gar wrote:

No need for violence, just tell her she's got a game misconduct and show her the door.

Rud wrote:

As I said in the GDT, the call on Rivet was horseshit. The Bruins player was holding onto Rivet's stick like it was the last fucking raft on the Titanic.

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Crosscheck

Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:37 pm

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Skyline_BNR34 wrote:

IHOP is trademarked isn't it?

Actually, that doesn't matter as much as you think.
Unless the company / product / service can be seen in conflict or competition with the trademark or wordmark holder they'll let it slide.

(I used to work for a company called Xdrive...when BMW released their new 4WD system called "Xdrive" the copyright office found no infringement since the 2 products were related in no way)

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CriminallyVu1gar

Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 4:52 pm

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Crosscheck wrote:

Skyline_BNR34 wrote:

IHOP is trademarked isn't it?

Actually, that doesn't matter as much as you think.
Unless the company / product / service can be seen in conflict or competition with the trademark or wordmark holder they'll let it slide.

(I used to work for a company called Xdrive...when BMW released their new 4WD system called "Xdrive" the copyright office found no infringement since the 2 products were related in no way)

What was the deal with the World Wrestling Federation and World Wildlife Fund then?

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Crosscheck

Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:03 pm

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CriminallyVu1gar wrote:

What was the deal with the World Wrestling Federation and World Wildlife Fund then?

They decided to engage in a legal battle for exclusive rights...that's beyond the jurisdiction of copyright law.

Basically, the law said "it's cool, you can both be "WWF"".
And they said "fuck that, let's fight over it"

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Squanto

Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 5:08 pm

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Yeah. The WWFs had agreed on a deal at some point that the wrestlers wouldn't use 'WWF' overseas in certain capacities Once they did that, the enviromentalists sued the shit out of them.

According to Wikipedia, they had shared the usage of the WWF mark since 1979.

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 6:14 pm

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Over the bridge on Clifton Hill there is a bar called IHOB...The International House of Beer. I vote for them even though they aren't in this fight.

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SABRESAllTheWay

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Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:13 pm

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CriminallyVu1gar

Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:24 pm

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United States of America versus United Sherpas of Albania?

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:44 pm

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CriminallyVu1gar wrote:

United States of America versus United Sherpas of Albania?

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BS1970

Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 2:07 am

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I remember seeing one of those International House of Prayers when I was in 10th grade when me and my family went to Tennessee and making a joke about it being an IHOP lol. I didn't think they would actually get into a legal battle over it.

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SabreWolf

Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 8:06 am

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BS1970 wrote:

I remember seeing one of those International House of Prayers when I was in 10th grade when me and my family went to Tennessee and making a joke about it being an IHOP lol. I didn't think they would actually get into a legal battle over it.

Branding is everything in business.

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Post subject: Re: IHOP sueing IHOP

Posted: Fri Sep 17, 2010 1:21 pm

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This is quite hilarious.

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