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    Spudbros, of TikTok fame, are now threatening small businesses with legal action for having 'spud' in their name.
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    Spudbros, of TikTok fame, are now threatening small businesses with legal action for having ‘spud’ in their name.


    Petition for Joe Lycett to change his name to Spud Lycett

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    2. adaiine on

      The fact that anyone was able to copyright “spud” in the context of food the first place is insanity. It’s such a basic descriptor of a baked potato, I can’t believe any judge wouldn’t see the issues this would cause

      Edit: the plot chickens, according to the IPO they hold the trademark for “Spud Bros” (the spud father’s tm is in examination) but someone else holds the tm for “The Spud Brothers” surely that means it’s basically unactionable for them to sue others?

    4. theagonyaunt on

      As Faleena Hopkins and the Fine Brothers can attest to, this likely won’t end well for whoever the Spudbros are.

    5. zendayaismeechee on

      This jacket potato gentrification is insane anyway. People queuing up for half an hour to pay £8 for potato covered in beans and cheese??? Don’t get me wrong I love a good jacket p but why it’s being treated like a gourmet experience is beyond me

    7. MyLittleShadowStitch on

      What in the potato gratin did I just read? Potatoes have been called spuds in Australia “since Adam was a boy” (as my dad would have said) a carry-over from the British and Irish settlemen). How could you even trademark that if it’s in the been a part of the colloquial lexicon forever?

    10. Iwoulddiefcftbatk on

      Hopefully this goes about as well as when David Chang tried to trademark “chili crunch/crisp” a few years ago and was sending cease and desist to small businesses for using a common condiment in SEA cooking.

    13. Se7enSis on

      This is the perfect opportunity for John Oliver to purchase British restaurant chain (or at least the IP as im not sure they have any restaurants open anymore) Spud U Like which started in the late 60s or early 70s and absolutely trash these newcomers to the spud world in the court before then making the spud name accessible to all. John absolutely looks like someone who spent his youth sitting in a spud u like sad and alone eating a potato while everyone else was at Maccy Ds, so im sure he’d be up for it…

    21. laurenlynnloso on

      We have a local donut chain called Spudnuts that’s been around since forever should they sue spudbros?

    23. ScreenNames_AreHard on

      Didn’t Kylie Jenner try to trademark “Kylie” and Kylie Minogue was like “nah girl”

    25. Kind-Block-9027 on

      First of all, it’s called Kumpir. Second fuck these nerds. It’s potato plus toppings. Get over yourselves.

    26. miseryenplace on

      Reminds of me a situation in London a few years ago where a semi corporate Mexican spot called Taqueria sent a cease and desist and threatened further legal action to one of the few actually good Mexican spots, a place called Taqueria Sonora. Like mf that’s like trying to say you’ve trademarked ‘diner’ or ‘cafe’. Fortunately the failed hard. People were egging them and other displays of displeasure to the point they hired security 😂

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