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To: Pontiac
You don't believe it is possible that a lawyer assigned to protect the company's trademarks could simply walk into his superior's office and tell him that Beaver's market is infringing on their logo and be told to send them a cease and desist letter and if they fail to immediately comply file suit?

Could a lawsuit get filed? Maybe. When the monthly, or quarterly invoice, for legal services, costs, and expert witnesses, arrives at Company HQ, and even more certainly, when Company HQ is notified by the law firm that an exec has to sign off, under penalty of perjury, on the discovery responses the law firm has drafted, or that an exec has to sit down for a six hour deposition, under oath, or that at least one, and preferably more execs need to travel to wherever the lawsuit is and be present for the jury trial, because jurors don't take it well when they have to show up for trial, and the company can't be bothered to send execs to show up, I don't believe that it is remotely possible for a lawsuit to proceed, without the company being behind it.

People who know nothing about litigation, except what they see on the internet/TV, and who consider these lawsuits to be both unnecessary, and oppressive, but like Buc-ees, are trying to make Buc-ees the innocent victims of their own attorneys.

85 posted on 08/28/2026 10:26:30 AM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Pilsner

Perjury is basically an empty threat in these cases, as is a jury trial.

Few of these cases ever go to trial. Most are settled with a return letter saying that the accused will change their company name and logo. The rest a settled before it goes to court. Even fewer will go to before a jury.

As for being a victim of their lawyers, I see them as being lax in oversight and too quick to agree with their lawyer’s opinions.


105 posted on 08/28/2026 12:38:56 PM PDT by Pontiac (The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminisheRs the human spirit.)
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