[ale] Trolls: patent wars and now trademark stupids

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Thu May 13 09:11:26 EDT 2010


Hmm. My filling for patent for hinged bread device for enclosing general
substance was granted earlier to me.

I'll sue!!!

On Wed, May 12, 2010 at 11:12 PM, William Fragakis <william at fragakis.com>wrote:

> It (the bread) is hinged on one side, which, incidentally, I patented
> several years ago as a self closing baked good for enclosing protein and
> protein substitutes.
>
> wf
>
> On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 18:15 -0400, Tim Watts wrote:
> > On Wed, 2010-05-12 at 16:27 -0500, Preston Boyington wrote:
> > > Larry Johnson wrote:
> > > > IANAL, but the word "footlong" has been in common usage for so long
> (I
> > > > used to buy them at the Southeastern Fair in the 1950s, and I"m sure
> > > > they predate that) that I doubt Subway would win if it every went to
> > > > court.  But what small company wants to fight Subway?
> > > >
> > >
> > > after reading the article I believe that all sandwich places were the
> > > target and the hotdog joint was an oopsie.
> > >
> > > Quizno's has 'footlongs' if i remember correctly... i suppose they got
> a
> > > letter too.
> > >
> > Can someone explain to me how a hot dog is not a kind of sandwich?
> >
> >
> >
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