As a side note, best sandwich I've ever had called "The Al Roker" and it was from a local shop in Oswego, NY.
In the comments section to the article someone wrote: "Subway lawyers have also sent a cease-and-desist letter to the MTA. The MTA must now refer to that thing underneath the streets of New York as an Underground Railroad.
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To: Thurston_Howell_III
The Al Roker... was the a 1’ diameter sandwich?
2 posted on
05/18/2010 7:00:09 AM PDT by
maddog55
(OBAMA, Why stupid people shouldn't vote.)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
Last time I ate a Subway sandwich I had the runs for a day-and-a-half.
3 posted on
05/18/2010 7:00:33 AM PDT by
scory
To: Thurston_Howell_III
So, when I was a kid, and we bought footlong hot dogs, and simply called them footlongs... we were infringing on Subway’s future rights?!
Who knew?
4 posted on
05/18/2010 7:00:36 AM PDT by
brownsfan
(The average American: Uninformed, and unconcerned.)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
Coney Island is an American Institution. Subway is dog food.
5 posted on
05/18/2010 7:01:11 AM PDT by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
They were not the first shops to sell 12” sandwiches.
6 posted on
05/18/2010 7:02:09 AM PDT by
GeronL
(Political Correctness Kills)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
Coney Island is an American Institution. Subway is dog food.
7 posted on
05/18/2010 7:02:32 AM PDT by
massgopguy
(I owe everything to George Bailey)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
I think they’re going to have problems, “footlong” hot dogs having been part of the public vernacular for a VERY long time. And I assume a hot dog in bun qualifies as fitting into the category of “sandwich”.
To: Thurston_Howell_III
NPR called Subway, which admitted it was a clerical error. Kevin Kane, a Subway spokesman, told Goldstein that its only trying to trademark footlong for sandwiches, not for other foods. Subway thinks this makes their claim less ridiculous?
12 posted on
05/18/2010 7:04:33 AM PDT by
FourPeas
(God Bless America)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
The fact that someone "has applied for the trademark" doesn't mean much.
14 posted on
05/18/2010 7:05:41 AM PDT by
frankenMonkey
(I can see November from my window...)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
"Subway" Trying To Trademark "Footlong" Maybe Sonic Drive Ins will sue Subway. They've had foot long hot-dogs since I was in high school.
Who ever heard of trademarking a measurement?
What's next? A license to say 'inchworm'?
Geesh!
15 posted on
05/18/2010 7:05:51 AM PDT by
MamaTexan
(I am not a administrative, corporate, collective, legal, political or public entity or ~person~)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
Subway has already recanted on this. They are only trying to trademark “footlong” when it is used in regards to sandwiches. Still, I’d deny their request if I worked in the trademark office. A quick check with Google reveals several other companies using footlong in regards to sandwiches.
To: Thurston_Howell_III
To: Thurston_Howell_III
It’s BS like this that will lose them business in the long run too.
When people see Subway throwing their legal weight around against little shops that have been using the term footlong for decades before there even was a Subway it makes them think twice before walking through the door.
Attempting to increase your sales by hurting smaller competitors has never worked out well once John Q Public hears about it in this country.
20 posted on
05/18/2010 7:10:25 AM PDT by
Abathar
(Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
Sorry Subway, "Footlong" has been a part of American culture for over a centurty.
You may as well try trademarking "Sandwich"
24 posted on
05/18/2010 7:12:09 AM PDT by
null and void
(We are now in day 481 of our national holiday from reality. - 0bama really isn't one of US.)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
I doubt that they were registered trademarks, but foot-long hot dogs from any number of sources pre-date Subway by many decades.
27 posted on
05/18/2010 7:15:54 AM PDT by
luvbach1
(Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
I think John Holmes was the first to coin the phrase “footlong sandwich.”
28 posted on
05/18/2010 7:17:54 AM PDT by
decisis
To: Thurston_Howell_III
I have trademarked the term “foot” and “long” separately, Subway is about to get sued for Bazillion dollars.
29 posted on
05/18/2010 7:18:11 AM PDT by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
Reminds me of Spike Lee trying to own the name Spike (he lost). Spike Jones had it first.
30 posted on
05/18/2010 7:18:45 AM PDT by
luvbach1
(Stop Barry now. He can't help himself.)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
Subway could probably trademark “Lettuce Sandwich” and no one would object to that reality.
31 posted on
05/18/2010 7:19:03 AM PDT by
bert
(K.E. N.P. +12 . Ostracize Democrats. There can be no Democrat friends.)
To: Thurston_Howell_III
Their quick, short reply should be:
"No."
32 posted on
05/18/2010 7:20:18 AM PDT by
CT-Freeper
(www.ctf.org)
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