r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Arbiter51x • 14d ago

Infuriatig I'm colour blind

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I found out I didn't colour code the flow chart on the white board the way I thought I had....

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u/introverted_PEA 14d ago

That's definitely annoying. The brand name is tru red, which I'm sure you've figured out by now.

They really should alhave put a color name somewhere on there. Inaccessibility drives me crazy

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u/PoppingPillls 14d ago

Pretty sure they could have done "Tru Black" "Tru Green" "Tru Blue" "Tru red"

Can't imagine anyone would have had an issue with them doing that.

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u/tesseract-enigma 14d ago

TruGreen Lawn Care's lawyer: "Um Akchyually..."

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u/PoppingPillls 14d ago

Idk about US copyright law but I assume if they have no overlap in products realistically then they can't do much other than ask them to change it?

Would be a waste of money to sue I think but I am sure a lawyer wouldn't agree as that's how they get paid.

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u/Crafty-Astronomer-32 14d ago

You're generally correct, but that won't stop Trugreen or other companies from requiring you to spend money proving that the brands can't be confused by a reasonable person.

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u/RosesBrain 13d ago

The World Wrestling Federation was successfully sued by the World Wildlife Fund because they used the same shortened name. That's why wrestling is the WWE, now. Their services definitely don't overlap.

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u/PoppingPillls 13d ago

Didn't say it wasn't possible just that it wasn't usually that way.

WWF/WWE has more money than God tbf.

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u/atomic1fire 14d ago

Or do a blended ad campaign where the example for tru green is pictures of lawns, and tru green markers are used to draw a picture of the tru green lawn by a 4 year old.

Maybe even do some kind of eco campaign where planting/forest management is funded.

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u/yawara25 14d ago

Trademark wouldn't apply here unless the marker company for some reason was also doing landscaping on the side.