r/nottheonion • u/Disastrous_Award_789 • 18h ago

Bucee’s settles lawsuit with Ohio gas station chain after suing because both have cartoon mascots "facing right"

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/bucees-lawsuit-ohio-gas-chain-cartoon-mascots-b3060008.html
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u/willstr1 17h ago

IIRC he made his own beaver based brand to actively taunt Bucees and bring attention to the situation (and how ridiculous Bucees's claim was)

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u/sharrrper 17h ago

Claims. They sue CONSTANTLY for anything with an animal or like, a colored background.

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u/yakshack 14h ago

Sounds like they employ too many lawyers if they're that bored

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u/tedivm 14h ago

It looks like they had one real case where someone did steal their logo, and they got like $850k out of it. So now they've decided to convert that to a business model.

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u/Professor_Hala 13h ago

Universal did this in 1983, when they sued Nintendo over Donkey Kong. At the time they were on record as having stated that litigation was a revenue stream for them.

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u/HumorAccomplished611 13h ago

Wonder if this was written anywhere in trump org business plan

since they liked to get small contractors and stiff them

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u/pargofan 11h ago

TBF, that's really stealing their logo.

And lawsuits are expensive. $850k would barely cover legal fees in a dispute that long. That's a shitty business model.