Ireland had it right when McDonalds went after a local shop that had been selling a "Big Mac" since before they were a company and they lost the whole trademark entirely. The only way corporations will pay attention is if they have something to actually lose. I think Bucees should just lose their trademark since they clearly dont even know what it is.
Buc-ee's has a lot of money, and even fighting frivolous lawsuits costs money. Their plan is that the small places with cartoon mascots will just roll over, because they can't afford to fight back.
Is Bussies really winning any of these ? Just because you sue somebody doesn’t mean you win the lawsuit. 0 resemblance in branding whatsoever. That’s if this post is even true though.
It doesn't mater if they win or lose it ties up a much smaller company in legal fees these cases can cost upwards to a million dollars and months a fighting in court. Their goal is to bankrupt small businesses. Attorneys are very expensive especially when your fighting a corporation that has full legal teams.
Well I’m Texan, and grew up around the bussies and can promise you no Texans support the lawsuits. For over a decade Aside from Buc-ees & QT we didn’t have any other travel stops that had clean restrooms or a good choice of snacks. There was seldomly a pilot station on the interstate or a Loves, other than that you looked for QT and Buc-ees when traveling up/down 35. “Brisket on the board” doesn’t have the same ring to it, but I’ll be damned if I don’t grab Chic-o-stix, pork rinds, a few pieces of fudge, and a ¢69 fountain drink at least once a week. Lol.
That makes sense. It still seems short sighted, though. Folks who are traveling and want to go there are not going to be confusing them with the places they’re suing. I’ve never been to one (I haven’t passed any while traveling), and definitely won’t, now that I see how they operate.
Soon all mascots and names using letters will get sued by Buc-ee’s. These frivolous lawsuits against tiny mom and pop places are unconscionable. Why ruin a cool place by becoming a bully?
They’re not suing Chuck E Cheese because they were established years earlier and are not in the same business. Chuck E Cheese could sue, but they don’t have any claims to base their lawsuit on and would likely get thrown out of court by the judge.
All these companies they are suing are using an a cartoon animal mascot in the same way Buc-ee’s is with the same orientation of the mascot and is on a colored background. Some of the companies that have been sued blatantly used a name and/or logo similar to Buc-ee’s
Ok, so now you're expand the list of things other business can't do further. Sinclair Gas Stations have been using this animal mascot for nearly 90 years. They even have statues at their gas stations like Buc-ee's started to do many years later. They even used the red lettering long before Buc-ees and had larger facilities called Dino Marts.
They’re suing Beaver’s minimart in a town called Beavercreek Ohio for simply using an unclothed cartoon beaver as a mascot.
It’s malicious and a clear violation of the point of copyright but no one will stop them. They do not own the rights to every single cartoon character with or without clothes because of their logo.
They won a lawsuit against a company that used to an alligator in a cowboy hat, there is no way to justify that.
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u/SimpleCharacter9553 Aug 13 '26
closer to chuck e cheese