Painkiller, Pusser's Rum and a Tiki Bar - General Tiki

T TikiGeeki Member Chino Hills, CA Joined: Nov 17, 2008 Posts: 143	T TikiGeeki Posted posted on Tue, Jun 14, 2011 11:33 PM Anyone following the happenings of the tiki bar in NY formally known as Painkiller who is know known as PKNY because Pusser's Rum sued them over the use of Painkiller to preserve their trademark? I wrote a blog post about it with my take on the matter: http://blog.tikigeeki.com/2011/06/business-of-cocktails-such-pain.html Thing that annoys me is the Painkiller was created a decade before Pusser's was even created, yet they were able to acquire the trademark for the Painkiller and force a bar to change their name and bully them to try to get them to use their rum because they gained the legal right to the Painkiller in the 1990s. That just seems wrong and an abuse of the trademark and patent system. Kind of pissed at Pusser's for trying to profit from a tiki cocktail when they were not involved in its original creation, yet using it to their advantage as a business. Thoughts?

Anyone following the happenings of the tiki bar in NY formally known as Painkiller who is know known as PKNY because Pusser's Rum sued them over the use of Painkiller to preserve their trademark?

I wrote a blog post about it with my take on the matter: http://blog.tikigeeki.com/2011/06/business-of-cocktails-such-pain.html

Thing that annoys me is the Painkiller was created a decade before Pusser's was even created, yet they were able to acquire the trademark for the Painkiller and force a bar to change their name and bully them to try to get them to use their rum because they gained the legal right to the Painkiller in the 1990s. That just seems wrong and an abuse of the trademark and patent system.

Kind of pissed at Pusser's for trying to profit from a tiki cocktail when they were not involved in its original creation, yet using it to their advantage as a business.

Thoughts?

Post #593711 by TikiGeeki on Tue, Jun 14, 2011 11:33 PM