Really Backcountry.com??

[Staircase II]

Plenty of other retailers out there that will get my money.

https://coloradosun.com/2019/10/31/backcountry-com-sues-anyone-who-uses-its-namesake-is-it-bullying-or-just-business/

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[Fritz]

Wow. Fuck that place. I just bought some shit there, wish it wasn't too late to return it. I won't have any issues dropping them.

[skaredshtles]

So they're the Specialized of the outdoor retail market? Good to know...

[t-the-east]

I’d like to learn more about this “Backcountry Babes”

[kootenayskier]

Wow. At a certain point every large corporation becomes ethically indistinguishable from Der Pumpkin Fuhrer.

[snowday]

Good details with one of the people getting sued:

https://wintrymix.podbean.com/e/73-david-ollila-marquette-backcountry-gets-served/

I let bc.com know they were being dicks and would stop buying stuff from them until the bullshit was done.

[AK47bp]

I’m done with them.

Does the Mountain Goat community have representation yet?

Those goats are infringing.


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[kidwoo]

Does the Mountain Goat community have representation yet?

https://www.napga.org/about-us/mission-statement/

[mooseknuckles]

Formerly Backcountry Delicatessen, Yampa Sandwich Company, is a locally owned sandwich shop featuring delicious, creative fare for breakfast, lunch, and dinner.

from yelp: https://www.yelp.com/biz/yampa-sandw...amboat-springs

That would explain the change of business name this summer.

[dunfree]

it was only 7 years ago they were so protective of that word they'd turn every usage of it in this forum to a hyperlink to their website.

[XXX-er]

I wouldn't sweat it, there is no shortage of trademark infringement cases, it usually easier for the little guy to just change the name and/or fuck with the big guy

a dude in Vancover made really nice ww helmets called his company NFA for No Fixed Adress , the big clothing company told him to cease and desist so he changed the name to FNA for Fucking No Address

my GF had a yoga class called "Yoga for stiff guys" got the cease and desist letter from somebody 800 kms south in the big city who had trademarked " stiff " in a series of classes so she fucked around with the yoga teache/ lawyer a bit, a lawyer friend told her it was legit and she was at the point where costs incurred could be sued for so I came up with the name Manyoga it should roll off the tongue in one syllable when you say it

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/bc-natives-triumph-in-battle-of-the-bucks/article772078/

here ^^ is a sucessful fuck you from some guys on Haida Gwai, they had a coffee shop Haidabucks so they get the letter from starbucks and they go on the CBC to say a Haida Buck is a male Haida and no fucking way they are gona change the name and meanwhile Starbucks is facing a PR nightmare and ends up back peddling


I did check to see if Manyoga is trademarked, it does not appear to be but if we get the letter ... we will just change it again

[CascadeLuke]

World has gone bonkers. Heard a story where a Kardashian was trademarking the star spangled banner because she received so many views on twitter while singing it to her baby. Fuq me

[Harry]

OP, thanks for posting this.

Fuck Backcountry dot com. What a bunch of dicks. I have bought a lot of stuff from them over the years. They just lost me as a loyal customer.


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[mcski]

Aren’t they owned by amazon or someone else now ? Regardless , fuck them.

[babybear]

Really Backcountry.com??

Aren’t they owned by amazon or someone else now ? Regardless , fuck them.

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