power to vending companies to co-opt historic place names?
How could Yosemite allow a food service to "trademark" its names? Is there a "trademark lawyer" who can unravel this?
Theatres and ballparks lose their original names when they are bought by a corporation. So if the Helen Hayes Theatre is formerly owned by the Schuberts and is sold to Boeing and Boeing tastelessly wants the name changed to Boeing Theatre, they have the right to do that.
But does a food service company "own" names in a national park when it doesn't own the park? or even operate it? That's a new one.
Where is the federal govt, Dept of the Interior, when you need them? The Natl Park Service?
Why are they acting like they have sold Yosemite to some crummy concessionaire? Did DNC have a really wily lawyer who outsmarted the US govt on a contract? And if they did, pay them off and keep what is ours.
It is outrageous that a concession company can afford a suit like this and the mighty US Govt is unable to fight it. Everything screams "wrong."
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Where is the Dept of the interior on this? Do they want to hand over
How could Yosemite allow a food service to "trademark" its names? Is there a "trademark lawyer" who can unravel this?
Theatres and ballparks lose their original names when they are bought by a corporation. So if the Helen Hayes Theatre is formerly owned by the Schuberts and is sold to Boeing and Boeing tastelessly wants the name changed to Boeing Theatre, they have the right to do that.
But does a food service company "own" names in a national park when it doesn't own the park? or even operate it? That's a new one.
Where is the federal govt, Dept of the Interior, when you need them? The Natl Park Service?
Why are they acting like they have sold Yosemite to some crummy concessionaire? Did DNC have a really wily lawyer who outsmarted the US govt on a contract? And if they did, pay them off and keep what is ours.
It is outrageous that a concession company can afford a suit like this and the mighty US Govt is unable to fight it. Everything screams "wrong."
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by Jane B.
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