This hand dryer caught my eye while in Ireland. The logo reminded me of something.
Cameras should not be allowed in the following places:
Bathrooms
Strip Clubs
Bachelor Parties
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I’m not a lawyer, but I remember bits and pieces from my business law classes in college. In order for there to be copyright infringement, I believe there must be confusion in the marketplace. I don’t think the M-dot logo of the handdryer company is confusing any consumers, nor are ironman athletes confused about their race’s m-dot logo when they see something similar on the handdryer. So… no harm, no foul
I’m not a lawyer, but I remember bits and pieces from my business law classes in college. In order for there to be copyright infringement, I believe there must be confusion in the marketplace. I don’t think the M-dot logo of the handdryer company is confusing any consumers, nor are ironman athletes confused about their race’s m-dot logo when they see something similar on the handdryer. So… no harm, no foul
An example of that is when ESSO / Imperial started using the “tiger in your tank” when advertising their convinience stores in gas stations Kellogg’s went after them because of possible confusion with the “Tony the tiger” for frosted flakes. There was no confllict when one image was for gas and the other for food but once they were both representing food it went to the lawyers (no idea how this one ended).
If Ironman starts licencing the m-dot logo to hand dryers this might come up.
That’s a fake picture.
Everyone knows that every hand dryer has been vandalized to include the 4th step: Wipe hands on pants.
That’s a fake picture.
Everyone knows that every hand dryer has been vandalized to include the 4th step: Wipe hands on pants.
That hand dryer isn’t at the Vince Lombardi rest stop.
I would never touch anything at that rest stop. But you’ll never find a better Roy Rogers Fixins Bar!
I saw this one a few weeks ago when I was traveling (they don’t have these cleaners in NJ).
I thought it looked a little familiar, no?
First of all, this type of claim would involve trademark law more so than copyright law. Second, how do you know that this design did not come after M dot logo? Third, it is possible for two identical logos or trademarks to co-exist under US or any developed countries version of trademark law. For example, there is Apple computers and Apple books.
Eating a loaded Roy Rogers hamburger one time crossing the VL parking lot. Divebombed by a gull for the bread, cut and bleeding I staggered into my car.
I love living in Jersey
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But did you continue eating the Roy Rogers burger? Of course you did. You live in NJ!
An example of that is when ESSO / Imperial started using the “tiger in your tank” when advertising their convinience stores in gas stations Kellogg’s went after them because of possible confusion with the “Tony the tiger” for frosted flakes. There was no confllict when one image was for gas and the other for food but once they were both representing food it went to the lawyers (no idea how this one ended).
Ah yes, the great ESSO v. Kellogs battle. I recall clearly the memos on “passing off” flying around the legal department. I think both sides were arguing that their tigers were corporate icons representing the whole company rather than just the single products gasoline or cereal. The marketing people had exacerbated the problem by making the Esso tiger a bit too similar to Kellogs tiger. To add to the excitement, Esso had a tiger well before Kellogs but it brought out the slogan “The Esso tiger is back” thereby implying that it had gone away. It was all deadly serious. You could get into a lot of trouble by calling the Esso Tiger, “Tony”, or even joking that “Esso gas is GRRRRREAAAT!”
The burger and the bird…
Damn yeah I ate the burger. It was mine, wasn’t it?
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