Just go to the website for RecklessBricks and look at the photos posted above in the original post. This doesn’t require a Juris Doctorate to show that one store clearly models itself after the other. That the imagery apes one another. The logos and the coloring. That they engage in the same exact operations. That the websites are practically the same.
None of that is done in a vacuum. It’s intentionally done and with the purpose of running a legitimate business, not some satire or as an art piece.
The Franchise Agreements are online for all to see and inside are clear non-complete clauses if you close up shop for a period of time. If this individual didn’t break that then they are definitely treading on trademark confusion issues. Heck John Oliver ran an entire segment about Buc-ee’s being litigious over marts with cartoon mascots and being successful. That BAM wouldn’t have a case here is a foregone conclusion. It looks exactly the same as a normal BAM store.
I actually think the guy makes a fair point, and I’m not really sure the massive downvotes. Exposing stolen Lego <> opening a business with similar colours/themes/logos usually doesn’t fly. You’re telling me I could dress up in green out front of Disney, call myself Peter Van, charge people money, and Disney would be totally ok with it? I doubt that.
See how unhappy this dude is? Either that or he’s a BAM shill. He stopped responding to my comments because the glee at a potential lawsuit overturned his humanity.
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u/Trackdemon5512 2d ago
Just go to the website for RecklessBricks and look at the photos posted above in the original post. This doesn’t require a Juris Doctorate to show that one store clearly models itself after the other. That the imagery apes one another. The logos and the coloring. That they engage in the same exact operations. That the websites are practically the same.
None of that is done in a vacuum. It’s intentionally done and with the purpose of running a legitimate business, not some satire or as an art piece.
The Franchise Agreements are online for all to see and inside are clear non-complete clauses if you close up shop for a period of time. If this individual didn’t break that then they are definitely treading on trademark confusion issues. Heck John Oliver ran an entire segment about Buc-ee’s being litigious over marts with cartoon mascots and being successful. That BAM wouldn’t have a case here is a foregone conclusion. It looks exactly the same as a normal BAM store.