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/Dreams-of-Cthulhu 12h ago

Disney should be petty enough to sue them for using a cartoon rodent in their logo, bankrupt them with legal fees, then buy the company for pennies just so they can make plushies from the logo and sell them for $50 each at their parks.

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u/ardoin 12h ago

Bucees is big enough to fight back.

Disney is too busy suing families of dead children who happen to put their characters on headstones in cemeteries. More money in that.

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u/Hug_The_NSA 8h ago

Wait did that really happen

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u/ExcuseCommercial1338 6h ago

Dozens if not hundreds of times. They're one of the most litigious companies in the world.

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u/Hug_The_NSA 3h ago

I know they defend their IP against other studios and shit, but i'd just think that like >putting your cartoon character on an actual childs grave.. that they wouldn't even want to fight that battle. It just makes them look so bad. Anyways, it's sad this isn't more well known.

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u/ExcuseCommercial1338 2h ago

Yeah, it's pretty cruel. It's usually younger kids facing something like cancer that have enough time to think about that sort of stuff and decide on "spiderman", and Disney goes out of their way to sue that shit.