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p2pnet.net news:- Welcome to the world famous Tan Hill Inn “On top of the World’ in the heart of the Yorkshire Dales National Park,” say Tracy Daly and Mike Peace on their UK web page.
And then ———- along came Colonel Sanders. Yup. That Colonel Sanders.
“We are ‘REQUESTED’ on behalf of KFC by ‘International’ Law Firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer www.freshfield.com to change the name of our ‘Christmas Day Family Feast’ as apparently K.F.C, that well known American based fast food chain has been able to register the words ‘FAMILY FEAST’,” says a May 9 post from Mike, going on:
How does an American based company manage to ‘Hijack’ the English language in this way? It appears preposterous. What do we do? Roll over and change the words, easy to do no problem! Or stand our ground; we can not afford to fight the might of these guys of course. Tan Hill could disappear!
The Daly’s Family Feast is a, “traditional Christmas dinner: paté, turkey, roast beef and the trimmings, Christmas pud,” says The Times Online.
KFC version is, on the other hand, a, “cardboard bucket of fried chicken and chips, coleslaw, potato and gravy, with a 1.25-litre bottle of the customer’s preferred fizzy drink”.
“I tried typing Family Feast into Google and got about 21,000 entries,” the story has Tracy saying. “I thought: Why are they picking on me?”
Apparently the good colonel wasn’t expecting all the media attention.
“The David and Goliath coverage seems to have been a factor in KFC’s change of heart,” says The Publican, from which we clipped the pic of Tracy and Mike.
“A spokesperson said: ‘KFC has to protect its trademarks against those who seek to trade off its brand. KFC has spoken to Mrs. Daly at the Tan Hill Inn and confirmed that it will not take this case any further’.”
Also See:
The Times Online - KFC climbs a big hill to fight tiny pub, May 10, 2007
The Publican - KFC lets Yorkshire pub keep its family feast, May 10, 2007
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May 10th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
I can’t blame KFC *much* for trademarking “Family Feast”. Heck, if the idiots at the Tradmark Office are willing to grant the trademark why not? It’s the fact that the Trademark office GRANTS THESE ASININE TRADEMARKS that is the real problem. If they granted trademark status to a specific logo that could be easily distinguished from normal text that contained the words “Family Feast” that would be one thing, but to grant trademark protection to THE PHRASE ITSELF is inexcusable. The Trademark Office is out of control, or under the control of big corps. Either way it needs to start using some common sense, if not perhaps a Lethal Injection(TM) is in order…
May 10th, 2007 at 2:46 pm
Otherwise, you may very well have the Wal-Mart gestapo on your case.
May 16th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
“Christmas Pud”: damn. So, in England, “rubbers” are galoshes, “knocking someone up” is pounding on their door in the morning, and “garters” are men’s suspenders — and “Christmas pud” is a yuletide delicacy.
That tears it: Everybody in england must be gay.