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PornHub owner MindGeek is threatening a kebab shop in NYC with trademark infringement::If you’ve been listening to the Vergecast you know the standard for trademark infringement is “likelihood of confusion,” and while it’s true the Hub is known for ⚫️🟠, something tells me the folks walking into Doner Haus aren’t confused about what’s on the menu. Full story in Chelsea News, a hyperlocal NYC news site, via Verge pal Alexandra Roberts.

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[-] pqdinfo@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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[-] FireTower@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Idk the combination of the white text followed by black text within an orange rounded rectangle logo when paired with tag lines like 'get stuffed' might lead people to think it's a subsidiary or something similar.

A place known for it's sausages and a restaurant may seem like a strange business partnership but stranger things have happened.

Yeah but if you don't sue, a legitimate infringer in the future might use not enforcing on the trademark there to argue there own case. Trademark law really doesn't leave trademark holders in a good position. Though I imagine that a lawsuit when those laws were written weren't nearly as prohibitively expensive.

[-] pqdinfo@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Removed as a protest against the community's support for campaigns to bring about the deaths of members of marginalized groups, and opposition to private entities working to prevent such campaigns, together with it's mindless flaming and downvoting of anyone who disagrees.

[-] Deftdrummer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Pretty sure it would have to be determined in a court of law that an infringement occurred in the first place.

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