Trademark infringment involving a gov't entity? The Garden State Pkwy, though built in the 50's mostly with bonds and financed through tolls, today it's largely maintained with NJ state, and to an extent, federal taxes. I would think Gov Christie has more pressing issues to be concerned with.
Now you know why Kentucky Bourbon is now Bluegress Bourbon, why Kentucky Fried Chicken is now KFC, and why the Kentucky Derby is now the Run for the Roses.
No proof one inspired the other; no chance of confusion of association; significant differences. No case.
Jersey, England should sue New Jersey...
Road pizza.
>> The New Jersey Turnpike Authority wants
Wants, wants, wants... there’s no limit to the bureaucrats’ appetite.
Reminds me of Quaker Steak and Lube. I don’t believe Quaker State ever went after them.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaker_Steak_and_Lube
wow they should hold the presser in downtown camden. with bullet proof vests. why don’t ya fix that.
Oh plz.
What harm is the state done..
‘less a pizza delivery is late.. or??
the dough doesn’t rise..
Looks like they’re both based on the big zero that Obama uses as his logo...
it does depend on the way the trademark was described when they filed. i think the state screwed up on the trademark filing. and they are a bunch of a$$holes for sueing a hoagie shop in CA. i see no tm on the logo. first clue it is a bogus lawsuit from my beach passage state.
Shades of the Chicago Transit Authority
Government entities at all levels should be forbidden to hold patents, registered trademarks, or any other form of intellectual copyright. The worthless slugs can’t even properly manage governmental affairs but they need to protect their precious logos which amount to medieval coats of arms of nobility.
No one is going to salivate over a Garden State Parkway sign mistaking it for a pizza place and vice versa. The only one drooling is some worthless, needs their ass kicked, bureaucrat.
Seeing the logos side by side, I would say there are significant and distinct differences between the two. The Pizza version does not have a yellow stripe down the middle (probably signifying the parkway but also possibly Chris Christie’s enormous backside) and lops off the top and bottom of the state cameo. Then, of course, there is the lettering.
How could the NJ state entity argue that it is harmed in any way by the use of a similar logo by a pizza company a thousand miles away would seem to be a bigger stretch than the parkway itself.
The Pizza logo looks better, but nothing good really ever comes out of Jersey. I would stay away from pizza made in the south, it just isn’t the same.
Who would be confused to think the pizza they were ordering was produced by the Garden State Parkway?
Governments should not be permitted to hold trademarks or copyrights or patents.
I bet it happens all the time. People drive up to the NJ Turnpike tollbooth and ask for a large cheese pizza.
(You’d think NJ would be happy to have ay company use the word “Jersey” in its name. Perhaps the pizza shop should change its name to “Big Fat Nanny State Pizza”.)
Not even close.
And I lived in Joisey for over 50 years.
It is also laughable that the NJTPA is arguing that the Garden State Parkway is one of the best known highways in the land.
If you haven’t traveled on the East Coast in the Tri-State area, it is doubtful that you have even heard of the Parkway, or know its symbol.