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

D dcman Member Upstate New York Joined: Apr 25, 2009 Posts: 116	D dcman Posted posted on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 7:16 AM I have no issue with Pussers. They trademarked their name legally and have a legal right to enforce and pursue trademark infringements. PKNY, a cool place from what I hear, chose to either 1. to infringe on this knowingly or 2. to not respond when they were made aware of the infringement and requests to resolve the issue were made by Pussers. As a New Yorker I completely understand the attitude of "what? I didn't intend to infringe on your rights but now I've got a business, so let's see if you can make me back down", PKNY just was in the wrong and had to back down in the end. I don't see any reason to get too upset about this. PKNY is still in business and probably will get a boost in exposure because of this. Folks who know and patronize Painkiller regularly are the ones following the story and won't be confused by the name change. Pussers is still in business and this won't affect their bottom line much. The Painkiller was originally invented at the Soggy Dollar Bar, and was later trademarked by Charles Tobias and marketed. In the Caribbean, the Soggy and Charles/Pussers still get along just fine. There is plenty of room in this for everything to work out up here too. dcman

I have no issue with Pussers. They trademarked their name legally and have a legal right to enforce and pursue trademark infringements. PKNY, a cool place from what I hear, chose to either 1. to infringe on this knowingly or 2. to not respond when they were made aware of the infringement and requests to resolve the issue were made by Pussers. As a New Yorker I completely understand the attitude of "what? I didn't intend to infringe on your rights but now I've got a business, so let's see if you can make me back down", PKNY just was in the wrong and had to back down in the end.

I don't see any reason to get too upset about this. PKNY is still in business and probably will get a boost in exposure because of this. Folks who know and patronize Painkiller regularly are the ones following the story and won't be confused by the name change. Pussers is still in business and this won't affect their bottom line much.

The Painkiller was originally invented at the Soggy Dollar Bar, and was later trademarked by Charles Tobias and marketed. In the Caribbean, the Soggy and Charles/Pussers still get along just fine. There is plenty of room in this for everything to work out up here too.

dcman

Post #593907 by dcman on Thu, Jun 16, 2011 7:16 AM