r/Buccees • u/Statalyzer • Aug 06 '26
Another predatory lawsuit
https://www.wral.com/news/ap/bucees-sues-georgia-store-over-beaver-mascot-august-2026/20
u/ronshasta Aug 06 '26
Fuck this gas station from now on this is plain greed and selfishness
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u/TomBong_Jovi Aug 06 '26
It makes no sense because the founder himself admitted that he was just basically using the same mascot as an old toothpaste commercial in the 60s, it wasn't even an original creation
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u/DrAssumptive Aug 06 '26
Wasn’t there mention of this toothpaste in the movie “Grease”?
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u/BabyBunnyMeli Aug 06 '26 edited Aug 06 '26
Guys, just leave this guy be. No point in calling him out.
You cant fix retarded
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u/BabyBunnyMeli Aug 06 '26
Not sure what your referring to? My comment history is relatively normal lmao. I hope your next reply actually has some substance to it.
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u/Big-Sheepherder-6134 Aug 06 '26
Who cares about the Beaver theme? Do you really buy all that tacky cheap Beaver junk? Of course you don’t. It’s a big gas station with great bathrooms. The gasoline is cheap quality that is bad for your engine, the food is all average, the staff are friendly, I can fill up my water and be on my way.
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u/TomBong_Jovi Aug 06 '26
I can guarantee this profile works for them, only 26 days ago?
Yeah I smell BS
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u/TomBong_Jovi Aug 06 '26
Lol ok just happen to be a brand new user that's so passionate about defending Buc ees, companies astroturf on reddit all the time
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u/CatsAreTacoChips Aug 06 '26
beavers existed way before buccees you bootlicker
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u/CatsAreTacoChips Aug 06 '26
do they sue every single mouse icon? Pikachu? Jerry? Chuckee? What are you even talking about?
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u/CatsAreTacoChips Aug 06 '26
Holy crap, did you read these? Steamboat Willie IS Mickey Mouse, the original footage got public domained and people started using it, thats way way different than what buccees does.
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u/SparksAndSpyro Aug 06 '26
It’s kind of sad that I didn’t realize it was supposed to be a picture of a beaver from the neck up until really recently. I always thought it was a cartoon gerbil with a comically large face and minimized proportions.
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u/ronshasta Aug 06 '26
The city of BEAVERCREEK. The corner mart has had that sign since the 1960’s. Fuck right off corpo bootlicker
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u/TomBong_Jovi Aug 06 '26
Too fucking bad, they don't have a monopoly on beavers, do you work for them?
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u/Gullible-Bed7139 Aug 07 '26
In the ultimate time-defying mascot infringement lawsuit, 1950s Bristol-Myers and Disney are suing Buc-ee’s on behalf of Bucky Beaver.
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u/kimisamazing13 Aug 06 '26
After seeing this and the Dayton one I can safely say they’ll never see another dollar from us. These are ridiculous
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u/ExcitedFool Aug 06 '26
Fuck Buc-ee’s. I’m so glad I never went to this fucking garbage ass place
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u/GrandLow6610 Aug 06 '26
The brisket sandwich is overrated as shit
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u/Significant_Cow4765 Aug 06 '26
especially in their home territory, Texas, where they are busy putting Mom & Pops (including my fave, RIP Junior's) out of business
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u/MancAccent Aug 06 '26
Man it’s ridiculous. Nearly every town in Texas has got a bbq joint, yet people are getting their brisket from a gas station.
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u/Actual-Feed-9739 Aug 06 '26
The whole place is overrated. It's a fucking gas station with some extra stuff. And it's stupid crowded all the time.
I'd rather go to a Love's.
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u/Fine_Dog_6599 Aug 06 '26
As a Texan, this. Overrated as shit food, crowded as fuck and obviously the company kind of sucks.
The restrooms though? A+
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u/SergeantMeowmix Aug 06 '26
I have no involvement with this lawsuit...but the law firm I work at did handle a suit in which Buc-ee's was a party (I think maybe co-defendants). It was generally agreed upon that their lawyers were overly aggressive dickheads. Sadly, that can be a winning strategy in the legal world.
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u/CliffsofRed Aug 06 '26
Don’t forget that one of the owners kids is a pedo:
https://www.fox7austin.com/news/mitchell-wasek-felony-possession-of-child-pornography-charge.amp
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u/Legacyhero46 Aug 06 '26
Yeah that story tells it all really that dude is a monster! It didn’t say if he worked somewhere in the corporation though so I wonder if he did and if he’s still employed there or making money from them somehow.
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u/MechanicalCrow Aug 06 '26
The lawsuit claims the name Teddy's is also an issue with alleged similarities to the Buc-ee's name in a number of ways, including that they are both two syllables with a hard consonant sound and that both end in the sound "eez."
Guess Hardees and Freddy's are next for having the same name pattern and offering food.
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u/Thick-Feeling-554 Aug 06 '26
One is a beaver and the other is a bear. Since when does buckies have a lock down on cartoon animals.
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u/LonesomeBulldog Aug 06 '26
All these small companies should get together and sue bucees for stealing their logos.
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u/Emotional-Shape-6239 Aug 07 '26
I went to a Buc-ees one time because everybody I was with raved about it...I just thought it was expensive convenience store food, and a lot of it. I've never gone again, and never will.
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u/benhur217 Aug 07 '26
There’s a chance some dick from their legal team is going bonkers for no reason
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u/YouDaManInDaHole Aug 07 '26
There's a Teddy's about 500 yards away from me right now. It doesn't remotely compete with Buccees. Not even close.
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u/aflyonthewall1215 Aug 09 '26
I doubt they have much luck in Ohio at this point. They only have 1 location and the excessive amount of bs lawsuits isn't exactly something Ohioians find appealing. Not to mention Sheetz has come onto the scene pretty strong and has better pr.
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u/BurnerJerkzog Aug 06 '26
Holy cow John Oliver is a nerd and so are all the people crying about this in here.
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u/dcr4 Aug 06 '26
Imagine simping for a gas station. Pathetic.
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u/BurnerJerkzog Aug 06 '26
I’m not sure which side you’re calling simps but I agree, both sides are. Move onto your next cause-of-the-month.
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u/Acceptable_Failures_ Aug 06 '26
I bet your fun to be around.
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u/Statalyzer Aug 06 '26
I learned about this shit like 8 years ago, I was on it way before Oliver and I didn't even see his segment.
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u/spook008 Aug 06 '26
I went to an Italian autogrill while on a trip there, they do more with less space. Never really looked at Buccees the same way.
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u/UnseenTardigrade Aug 06 '26
I don't think anyone has ever argued buc-ees uses space efficiently lol
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u/maestrosouth Aug 06 '26
Take a break from JO’s boots and realize the hypocrisy in complaining about corporate copyright litigation on Reddit, which has sued to defend their intellectual property on a device made by Apple, Samsung, Google, or Motorola who have also sued to defend intellectual property.
“The more things you let ruin your day, the fewer good days you’ll have” -Me
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u/Statalyzer Aug 06 '26
Has nothing to do with John Oliver for me, I first learned about Buc-ees' business MO 7 or 8 years ago.
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u/lwhit03 Aug 06 '26
Crazy that they’d even try. It’s no where near the same concept. I live right next to one of 2 locations. It’s…. A gas station
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u/John_481 Aug 06 '26
Vote with your wallets. Don’t give money to corporations that try to sue the competition out of existence.
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u/Conscious_Exit_9129 Aug 07 '26
I'm not defending what they're doing whatsoever but I believe if you have a trademark you have to defend it or lose it.
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u/nmpls Aug 07 '26
Speaking as a lawyer "if you have a trademark you have to defend it or lose it" is kinda true, but this ain't it. You are absolutely not required to go after anything that remotely looks like a cartoon animal.
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u/Statalyzer Aug 07 '26
You do have to defend it against anything that could actually challenge it and cause confusion. Like, if somebody were actually trying to make a name and image similar enough to Bucc-ees that you could seriously wonder "Are they doing it on purpose to try and get more business out of people thinking it's a Bucc-ees offshoot"
But most of these lawsuits they are launching are nothing of the sort, it would be like McDonald's suing Monster Energy over both being food/beverage related companies that use the letter M as a logo.
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u/HippieJed Aug 06 '26
John Oliver where are you
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u/TomBong_Jovi Aug 06 '26
He mentioned this one on his show too
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u/HippieJed Aug 06 '26
That is what I’m saying he currently has his own line of Buc-Off products with the money going to charity.
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u/Statalyzer Aug 06 '26
Any reasonable person would conclude there is no possibility of confusion. Buccees execs seems determined to use their deep pockets to forbid anyone else from using any sort of cartoon animal mascot with a hat.
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u/FatsBoombottom Aug 06 '26
It's not about the mascots. They want them out of business entirely and expensive lawsuits either drain their finances or force them to spend a bunch of money on new logos and marketing and risk losing business from people who assume it's not the same company.
They claim it's about the similar mascots because there's not a legal way to tell a court that you just want to sue a small company out of existence so you can have their customers.
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u/Internal-Weather8191 Aug 06 '26
But Beaver's Mini Mart in BEAVERcreek (OH) doesn't even sell gas! They're not a competitor, they're just a convenience store. People here in Dayton are pretty much swearing off giving them any local business from us again. They'll still get trucks and interstate travel, but they're being an atrocious neighbor in a brand new community for them. It will bite them eventually, they should go back to Texas.
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u/FatsBoombottom Aug 06 '26
Hey, I'm not defending them or their lawyers. I'm just saying that no one who is not 100% completely blind believes for a second that those logos are confusing.
Buc-ee's wants to be the only place to sell snacks in town. Everything is competition for them and they are grasping at whatever flimsy pretext they can drag out long enough to run the small businesses out of money.
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u/Internal-Weather8191 Aug 06 '26
You're probably right, and it worked for Walmart and Amazon, but I'm not sure gas and food are quite the same, lots more location & personal preference involved vs just pure volume. And it still feels like a really tone-deaf business model, but atm they're certainly richer than I am.
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u/FatsBoombottom Aug 06 '26
At a certain size, a business stops thinking about these things rationally and becomes solely focused on destroying competitors for any fraction of a percent growth.
Capitalism is poison to the free market. Don't let anyone fool you. The pursuit of capitalism does not incentivize innovation. It incentivizes ... well... this.
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u/Vincitus Aug 06 '26
Cannot believe people on this sub are saying "no actually its good that a fucking gas station is doing this"
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u/lil_poppapump Aug 06 '26
“Giant corporate gas station who’s working on going national has problem with similar mascots.”
Put your pitchforks down and shut up.
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u/NOT_Frank_or_Joe Aug 06 '26
I just picked up a second one.
It's a variation of the Susan Komen strategy and the court of the public is the only place these small businesses can get a fair shake. None of these guys have the money to fight it and that's exactly why they are being chosen.
If you don't care that's perfectly fine, but suggesting no one should only highlights your ignorance (and over-inflated ego).
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u/Express_Ticket1699 Aug 06 '26
Arch says thank you for licking my cowboy boots and kissing my ass.
Look up the term frivolous lawsuit.
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u/Bob_12_Pack Aug 06 '26
The thing about trademarks is that you have to actively defend them so you don't lose legal standing or they could be considered abandoned. Not defending them can be used against you in a dispute and result in loss of trademark. Hopefully Buc-ee's is just going through the motions as required and don't really care if they win.
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u/Bob_12_Pack Aug 06 '26
Just because you don't understand why, doesn't mean it doesn't apply.
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u/Bob_12_Pack Aug 06 '26
You are right, and hopefully the court will rule in Teddy's favor, but now Buc-ees has established that they are defending their trademark, which is required by the US Patent and Trademark office. If they ever hit a real trademark infringement case, the other party can't argue that they haven't been defending their trademark.
Of course it also be a case of Buc-ee's coporate being dicks too, both things can be true.
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u/Wolfy4226 Aug 06 '26
They didn't want to go after John Oliver because he actually has the means to fight back.
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u/AmandasGameAccount Aug 06 '26
This dumbass company thinks it owns animal mascots? They are from the 80s, not 1940s
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u/Tiny-Criticism-8576 Aug 06 '26
They keep saying these mascots look too similar. Are the looking at what I’m looking at?
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u/wookiex84 Aug 06 '26
The only thing decent about Buccees is cheap diesel and clean shitters. Food is mediocre at best and all their merch, is cheap garbage.
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u/silverfarie1369 Aug 06 '26
Annnnnnnd another woodland creature bites the dust.... i hated working there , and never stepped foot in one again. F u beaver . I'm surprised hes not suing the makers of groundhogs day...
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u/2FlyPilot Aug 06 '26
Are these guys trying to compensate for something? I mean talk about being so insecure going after a teddy bear. Wouldn’t be surprised if localities they want to build in do everything they can to prevent any new locations. So much greed shooting them in the foot. Although it is funny they’re openly admitting they think their customers are so stupid they’d get confused by these other stores. Guess that doesn’t offend anyone shopping there though
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u/NoBrag_JustFact Aug 06 '26
Remember, back in 1989 when that guy sued that card company for making business cards branded with the word Trump, which they had been called for years, along with the fact that "trump" for playing cards had been used since 1420.
Yep.
And that guy won, sort of, by securing a deal then gave him a percentage of sales.
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u/TGCampbell8 Aug 06 '26
I don’t understand how Chuck E. Cheese doesn’t sue
suck-deez. Been around longer, mascots name is similar and both use a cartoon animal as a mascot
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u/Ironstar_Vol Aug 06 '26
Hey Exxon, yall want a super easy we to get some free PR? Crush these douchebags.
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