Infringement or Not?

Posted by Deanie Bahan on April 05, 1999 at 07:32:05:

About 10 months ago I started producing a line of foods from my company which is called "Deanie's Sugarfree Kitchen". I recently got a cease and desist letter from a company who says they have trademarked the word "Deanie's". After doing a search, I find that they have trademarked "Deanie's" for use with a restaurant, seafood, T-shirts, and a few other things. Looking in national yellow pages, I see quite a few businesses named "Deanie's Bar & Grill", etc.

My lawyer says that changing the name of my company is cheaper than fighting them. I really don't want to do that since I have published 3 sugarfree cookbooks under my name (Deanie Comeaux Bahan)and I want the tie in. Does it really sound like I'm guilty of infringement?

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• Re: Infringement or Not? George H. Mills 20:18:45 4/12/99 (0)
• Re: Infringement or Not? M. Arthur Auslander 09:45:47 4/05/99 (4)
  • Re: Re: Infringement or Not? George H. Mills 20:00:20 4/12/99 (1)
    • Re: Re: Re: Infringement or Not? M. Arthur Auslander 03:57:21 4/13/99 (0)
  • Re: Re: Infringement or Not? George H. Mills 19:57:16 4/12/99 (0)
  • Re: Re: Infringement or Not? George H. Mills 19:54:11 4/12/99 (0)

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