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Hall & Oates File Lawsuit Over Soundalike Granola Product ["Haulin' Oats"]
The Wrap via Yahoo! ^ | 3/5/15 | Tim Kenneally

Posted on 03/05/2015 9:12:40 PM PST by Slings and Arrows

Clever wordplay in granola branding? Daryl Hall & John Oates can’t go for that. At least in this case.

Hall & Oates — the duo behind hits such as “Maneater,” “Kiss on My List,” “Private Eyes” and “I Can’t Go For That (No Can Do)” — have slapped Early Bird Foods & Co with legal action over the company’s Haulin’ Oats granola, which has clearly left a bad taste in the musicians’ mouths.

The suit, filed in U.S. district court in New York on Wednesday, claims that Hall and Oates owns the trademark and service mark rights to the Haulin’ Oats name, as it pertains to the sale of oatmeal and the provision of food delivery services.

(Excerpt) Read more at celebrity.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment
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To: ApplegateRanch
"Guess no one bothered reading the article,..."

Of course not.
That would be like reading the comments before posting.

Posts are so much more fun when they are marginally informed.

21 posted on 03/05/2015 10:19:03 PM PST by shibumi ("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
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To: rdcbn
Me either but they're touring this year..
22 posted on 03/05/2015 10:54:55 PM PST by vigilante2 (Re-elect nobody)
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To: Slings and Arrows

You’re a rich girl and you’ve gone too far.


23 posted on 03/05/2015 10:56:23 PM PST by Veggie Todd (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
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To: ApplegateRanch

Why ruin perfectly good smartarseing with facts?


24 posted on 03/05/2015 11:26:10 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Heaven (I'm Already There)" - http://youtu.be/Eh_eGF3xvmw)
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To: smokingfrog

No.
Can.
Do.


25 posted on 03/05/2015 11:26:41 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Heaven (I'm Already There)" - http://youtu.be/Eh_eGF3xvmw)
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To: mykroar

LOVE Hayseed Dixie. Their version of “Ace of Spades” is right up there with Lemmy’s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYJUywl7CFw


26 posted on 03/05/2015 11:28:55 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Heaven (I'm Already There)" - http://youtu.be/Eh_eGF3xvmw)
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To: Patriot Babe

27 posted on 03/05/2015 11:32:11 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Heaven (I'm Already There)" - http://youtu.be/Eh_eGF3xvmw)
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To: shibumi

I do both; that’s why I’m almost always the closing post. LOL


28 posted on 03/05/2015 11:43:01 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: a fool in paradise

Lol!

“Welcome to Costco. I love you. “


29 posted on 03/05/2015 11:45:02 PM PST by Califreak (Hope and Che'nge is killing U.S./CDC=Contagion Distribution Center)
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To: ApplegateRanch
Here. Save this graphic.

If you find yourself atthe tail end of a lot of threads it will come in handy.


30 posted on 03/05/2015 11:53:51 PM PST by shibumi ("Vampire Outlaw of the Milky Way")
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To: shibumi

LOL, that’s so cute. I’ve been there and done that, but I didn’t look that sweet when I did.


31 posted on 03/06/2015 12:43:16 AM PST by jocon307 (Tell it like it is.)
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To: ApplegateRanch; Slings and Arrows

> Guess no one bothered reading the article, and discovering they own the trademark, and were already in partnership with a company selling under that trademarked name.

Too easy. Takes all the fun out of posting if you have to know what you’re talking about.


32 posted on 03/06/2015 1:26:07 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored; ApplegateRanch

What was this thread about again?


33 posted on 03/06/2015 1:29:22 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Heaven (I'm Already There)" - http://youtu.be/Eh_eGF3xvmw)
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To: Slings and Arrows

Thread. It’s a thread about thread. See comment #30.

It’s a metathread.

I never metathread I didn’t like...


34 posted on 03/06/2015 1:36:52 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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To: dayglored

If you do a Google Image Search for “metathread”, the fifth result is a naked pole dancer.

Today is a good day.


35 posted on 03/06/2015 1:50:26 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Heaven (I'm Already There)" - http://youtu.be/Eh_eGF3xvmw)
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To: Slings and Arrows

They should have just been good sports and become a brief celebrity group again. Is Rick Astley (sp?) complaining about all the new air time with the Rick Roll gags?


36 posted on 03/06/2015 2:39:06 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: Organic Panic

Rick Astley is making money on Rickroll gags.


37 posted on 03/06/2015 3:06:41 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Heaven (I'm Already There)" - http://youtu.be/Eh_eGF3xvmw)
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To: Slings and Arrows
They didn't find out about it sooner because they were Out Of Touch...

They would have known sooner but they hired lousy Private Eyes...

38 posted on 03/06/2015 5:31:41 AM PST by TADSLOS (The Event Horizon has come and gone. Buckle up and hang on.)
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To: TADSLOS

...and they brought the suit because it was their property, and they suffer from Possession Obsession.


39 posted on 03/06/2015 5:53:58 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Heaven (I'm Already There)" - http://youtu.be/Eh_eGF3xvmw)
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To: Slings and Arrows
> Today is a good day.

Indeed!!

"Safe Search" is for wimps anyway. :)

40 posted on 03/06/2015 6:38:03 AM PST by dayglored (Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
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