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Jessica of Wonderoos is facing legal action from Fruit of the Loom (the maker of Underoos). They're threatening to sue her for damages for the irreparable harm she's caused them and the public by using the name "Wonderoos" for her diapers Now she's scrambling to either find a new name for her company or a way to mount an effective legal defense. Her business is based in CA, btw.
They have a Registered trademark on Underoos not "Wonderoos"
I wouldn't be scared into compliance, I know it's scary especially being so small, but someone out there, the local news station etc... needs to put a spot light on this to show how ridiculous this is.
Fruit of the Loom is basically saying their customers are so stupid they can't tell the difference between the names or the look of the product.
What the heck kind of irrepairable harm could a diaper wahm possible cause to an underwear manufacturer. It's not even as if they sell diapers and you could confuse the two names.
gosh I feel bad for her!
edited for keyboard induced typos and grammtical errors
That's why I get on the copyright/legal soapbox now and then. Sure, it probably WON'T happen, but this is proof that a big dog can go after a little one - without hurting the big one a bit!
Arg. How awful for her! It's not even the same. Maybe that have a copyright on that name too? Sometimes companies file for the copyright of names that are close to theirs. It pays to find out from the beginning.
I am so sorry she has to go throught this. What a PITA!
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That is very sad. Money is the root of all evil And what they are doing is EVIL
I hope she can get some attention from the media or another source so that they will sit down and shut up! It's not like she's even any kind of competition for them whatsoever, it's not even the same product!
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Disgusting...I wish that a WAHM who had the money and the nerve to go up against a !@#$!~@#$ company like this could do it and shut them up legally as well as literally.
I get that she's scared though - don't want to say that's what she "should" do...just wish someone with a bankroll would help her stand up to those ridulous men in fruit costumes.
I heard that your company is following legal action against a work-at-home-mom, owner of "Wonderoos". I don't know this lady in question personally, but if this is true and the reason is because her company's name "wonderoo" RHYMES with your "underoos", I will be boycotting FOTL and spreading the word. It is really sad to see what I had considered a respectable, large corporation playing the bully with a work-at-home business.
Things like this make me wish I had gone to law school. Can you imagine a WAHM lawyer? lol! Defend someone in exchange for free cloth dipes. That would actually be kind of neat to have like a WAHM version of HSLDA where you paid a fee every year in exchange for legal representation if something like this should occur.
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That would actually be kind of neat to have like a WAHM version of HSLDA where you paid a fee every year in exchange for legal representation if something like this should occur.
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