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Iowa store chain sues Subway over 'footlong'
MSNBC ^
| February 14, 2011
| MELANIE S. WELTE
Posted on 02/14/2011 7:51:43 PM PST by greatdefender
Edited on 02/14/2011 7:54:07 PM PST by Admin Moderator.
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DES MOINES, Iowa
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food
KEYWORDS: footlong; lawsuit; napl; subway
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To: greatdefender
Shouldn't they have a trademark on the word "sandwich" too?
As long they're trademarking everything in the dictionary, I mean.
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posted on
02/14/2011 7:56:24 PM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
To: greatdefender
A Google search on “footlong” results in about 445,000 hits, only some of them related to Subway.
Good luck enforcing that, Subway.
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posted on
02/14/2011 7:57:34 PM PST
by
Fido969
("The hardest thing in the world to understand is income tax." - Albert Einstein)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
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posted on
02/14/2011 7:57:54 PM PST
by
BenKenobi
(Don't expect to build up the weak by pulling down the strong. - Silent Cal)
To: greatdefender
My wife was using the word "footlong" long before Subway.
Ridiculous trademark rules.
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posted on
02/14/2011 7:58:26 PM PST
by
Walts Ice Pick
("I'm not going to shut up!" - Sarah Palin)
To: greatdefender
So much time and money wasted over a stupid word.
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posted on
02/14/2011 7:58:43 PM PST
by
MountainDad
(Support your local Militia)
To: greatdefender
It is odd how a word will bring back memories.
Around 1955 when I was 8 years old, we were on Eglin AFB. There was a snack shack near the old Southern Airways terminal.
I saw a sign on the place advertising foot long hot dogs at a good price. To my surprise Daddy let me get one. I can still remember thinking how good it was.
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:00:23 PM PST
by
yarddog
To: Walts Ice Pick
I don’t know for for sure, but I doubt that it is 12 inches long. Then it would be a foot.
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:04:27 PM PST
by
fhayek
To: greatdefender
The term ‘footlong’ has been in use for many years. It was used mainly for hot dogs, but regardless, it wasn’t invented by Subway.
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:06:35 PM PST
by
SuziQ
To: greatdefender
I can remember buying "footlong hot dogs" at our county fair back in the 1940s. This is ridiculous. It has to be stopped before someone trademarks the alphabet.
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:08:46 PM PST
by
JoeFromSidney
(New book: RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY. A primer on armed revolt. Available form Amazon.)
To: Walts Ice Pick
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:14:20 PM PST
by
namvolunteer
(We draw the Congressional districts this time)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
That’s a brilliant idea. Subway could then proceed to sue the town of Sandwich.
To: Walts Ice Pick
I thought John Holmes had the trademark on that...
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:18:16 PM PST
by
bigbob
To: greatdefender
Didn’t Microsoft at one time try to trademark the “@” sign?
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:20:58 PM PST
by
ReverendJames
(Only A Painter Or A Liberal Can Change Black To White)
To: Fido969
>>A Google search on “footlong” results in about 445,000 hits, only some of them related to Subway.<<
I am sure schlong ends up in those results...
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:21:57 PM PST
by
freedumb2003
(The TOTUS-reader is a Judas Goat, leading the American sheeple to the slaugherhouse /Parmy)
To: greatdefender
It’s not like “Subway” can sue cities that have and use the word “subway” for infringenment, either. In fact, perhaps those cities shoud sue Subway....
Footlong is not a trademark.
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:27:41 PM PST
by
Secret Agent Man
(I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
To: fhayek
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:28:33 PM PST
by
Bronzy
(We Remembered In November.)
To: BenKenobi
That’s actually just over 13”.
To: greatdefender
Sease said Subway has applied for two different trademarks for "footlong," one referring to sandwiches and another for restaurant services. And the jokes write themselves.
To: All
Some of the posts in this thread are making me think of Tom Hanks’ greatest movie.
I speak, of course, of Bachelor Party.
(If you’ve seen the movie, you know the scene I refer to).
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posted on
02/14/2011 8:37:01 PM PST
by
DemforBush
(A Repo man is *always* intense!)
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