Submitted by stayintall t3_zzezjf in rva
You might have seen a post a day or two ago about a local small business being sued by the Cleveland Guardians over a logo dispute.
If you’ve read the article you’ll see the Guardians are grasping at straws trying to sue him over the use of a single letter, but they obviously have a much larger bank roll to squash the little man. I have known Noah for years, he was one of my first clients when I was trying to break into the audio engineering world and I recorded a lot of their early songs. He’s a hard working man and very generous with his time, constantly giving back to and building up his community. He deserves better than this and needs our help.
Please consider giving a little to his go fund me or at least help spread the word. Thanks for your time!
RulerOfTheRest t1_j2bvxgu wrote
All I can afford right now is to wish Noah luck, as this is going to be an uphill battle. From all of the trademark lawsuits that I've read over the past two decades, ranging from small breweries to clothing, I think only one was successful in arguing that their logo was different enough that the case was tossed, and that 'C' style they're using has been trademarked by Cleveland baseball since 1915. Even the companies that argued fair use under parody exceptions have failed in each of the cases I've read about...
...so, here's hoping that Noah and Charged become the 2nd case I'm following that will succeed...