A-Bandoning common sense
Nth of Pril reports on a hot controversy out on the Oregon coast. It seems that the folks who make Bandon Cheese are demanding that people stop using the name "Bandon" in their businesses.
The problem with this is, all the businesses that the cheese people are hassling are actually in the town of Bandon, whereas the Bandon Cheese operation moved out of town (to Tillamook and Boardman, the latter of which is way the heck over in eastern Oregon) quite a while ago. Now the true Bandoners (Bandonites?) are considering suing to stop the cheesemakers from calling their product "Bandon," since it isn't made there any more.
I'm with the true Bandoners on this one. No Bandon Cheese for us until this is resolved. No whey!
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Comments (4)
I say let Bandon be Bandon, until someone starts being a jerk about it. Then let it be abandoned. Totally stupid.
Posted by beerick | December 18, 2003 3:36 PM
If they truly do not make cheese in Bandon any more, wouldn't that render any possible (non-incontestable) federal trademrk registration susceptible to an attack of the mark being geographically deceptively misdescriptive (15 USC 1052(e)(3) or (4) I think)?
Don't answer that rhetorical question (or you could be accused of practicing law or giving legal advice).
Posted by hilsy | December 18, 2003 5:04 PM
My favorite cheese (not that I need the fat, cholesterol, and calories) and my favorite used/new bookstore both embroiled in controversy. This is not good.
Posted by AFS | December 18, 2003 11:41 PM
Not only is Tillamook crazy for trying to trademark the name Bandon they are also greedy. The old independent cheese factory supplied our food bank with about 200 lbs. of cheese at 1/2 price each month and Tillamook a big successful company doesn't want to be bothered. Read attached link.
http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2003/12/20/news/news04.txt
Posted by Lisa | December 22, 2003 9:11 AM