Post #518840 by woofmutt on Sun, Mar 21, 2010 9:56 AM

Mr. Tikifarm (Holden/MakeDaMug) asked Facebook folks what he should do about the Tiki Farm game a couple months ago. No comment since then.

I think MakeDaMug should challenge the game company. His business has been well established for years and unlike some company claims (see below) there could be a serious confusion among people with the mug makers and the game. If Tiki Farm the Facebook game develops into something more than a game there could be a real loss of control of the mug brand.

Larger companies wouldn't put up with it. Chrysler took on a tavern named "Jeeps." ("Jeep" had been the tavern owner's nickname since he was little, a nickname that came from a comic strip character which preceded the Jeep vehicle.) The band Green Jello had to change their name to Green Jelly. Kellogg's legally harassed a Seattle steel drum band named the Toucans claiming their name "could cause confusion among our consumers" between the band and Toucan Sam. (Kellogg's attempted the same sort of thing against Toucan Golf , Inc.)