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I'm not sure what is so difficult about the question. How can they use a trademarked name that is owned by a different entity?
You can't name your product the same as another product when the owner of that product has trademarked the name. I can't create a product and call it "Coca-Cola".
AAAAnyway, Shoney's derived from Big Boy's as a regional variation. Elby's was a Pennsylvania variation.
There's a good article on wiki if anybody cares.
That's not the issue here. The sandwich in question is not using the trademarked meat snack slim jims. So they are using a trademarked name for a completely different product.
That would be like me listing a purple soda on my menu and calling it a Coca-Cola™
Funny thing about trademarks and copyrights, besides being career fields for lawyers, these are restricted to industry applications. You can have a newspaper named Mother's and a car wax named Mother's without a problem, unless the lawyers decide to make it an issue.
Funny thing about trademarks and copyrights, besides being career fields for lawyers, these are restricted to industry applications. You can have a newspaper named Mother's and a car wax named Mother's without a problem, unless the lawyers decide to make it an issue.
But we're not talking about newspapers vs. car wax. We're talking about two food products.
A Slim Jim sandwich? Wow. Things I've never thought about eating and never eating right there. It's like a bad game show....how much gross stuff can we create and get people to eat. I can see why Shoney's doesn't exist in my part of the country.
A Slim Jim sandwich? Wow. Things I've never thought about eating and never eating right there. It's like a bad game show....how much gross stuff can we create and get people to eat. I can see why Shoney's doesn't exist in my part of the country.
Keep reading ... It's not a sandwich made of Slim Jim meat snacks. It's basically a ham & swiss sandwich.
(And people wonder why I raised the trademark question?)
I'm not sure what is so difficult about the question. How can they use a trademarked name that is owned by a different entity?
You can't name your product the same as another product when the owner of that product has trademarked the name. I can't create a product and call it "Coca-Cola".
Not to get WAAAAY of the topic, but I think it may have something to do with the fact that "slim jim" seems to be a widely used term to refer to various things. Rubbermaid apparently has a model of trash can it calls a slim jim. And I think it's also slang for a tool used to break into a car. When it's a phrase that is fairly commonly used or has multiple meanings, I don't think it's a slam dunk to sue regarding trademarks.
In fact, it loooks like Slim Jim has been trademarked by both Rubbermaid and whoever produces the jerky stick.
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