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Offline E_Bassfisher

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timmy horton being sued for his name
« on: December 29, 2006, 12:37:54 PM »
this is, at least imo, rediculous.
http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/columns/story?columnist=tucker_tim&page=bass_col_tourney_trail_122606

for those who dont know of tim hortons stores
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hortons

the man cant use his own name? crazy huh?
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Re: timmy horton being sued for his name
« Reply #1 on: December 29, 2006, 01:17:04 PM »
I agree that it's totally rediculous.  imo, it seems that Tim Horton's coffee/doughnut shop, which is a Canadian owned franchise, wouldn't have any say-so about Tim Horton the angler registering his name/products with the United States Patent office.  I've typed-in the word Quantum in my browser looking for fishing gear, and there are numerous companies named Quantum that deal with products that are not fishing related.    :scratch
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Re: timmy horton being sued for his name
« Reply #2 on: December 29, 2006, 01:21:10 PM »
I wonder how long the place suing him has been around. Also, if he has any ancestors with the same name. And yes, it is a ridiculous lawsuit and a cheap form of advertising.
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Re: timmy horton being sued for his name
« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2006, 01:48:54 PM »
I found this link to the Canadian "Tim" Horton:  Apparently "Tim" is not his real name:
http://www.freemasonry.bcy.ca/biography/horton_t/horton_t.html

So, it seems to me, how can they sue someone who actually has the birth-given name of Tim?


Also found this:

CHAIN -- Tim Hortons
Owner -- Wendy's International (NYSE: WEN)
Primary Operating Region -- Canada, eh, NE United States
Number of Locations -- 2,755 (2.491 in Canada, 272 in US) (October 2005)

One of those things that makes you go...hmmmmmm   ;)

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Re: timmy horton being sued for his name
« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2006, 03:33:47 PM »
I can tell you right now that this makes me so mad that I will never visit another Tim Hortons again!
Corse I probably ain?t never going back to Canada again anyway?..but still!
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Re: timmy horton being sued for his name
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2007, 06:38:35 PM »
yeah when I was up in Canada this summer I saw a whole bunch of those stores and jokingly said hey look Tim Horton owns a coffee place.  I guess the Horton franchise is afraid of people thinking he owns the store.  If I lived in Canada I would definately boycott their stores.
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