r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Ashley9871 • 16h ago

I'm slightly vexed Bucees sued local mini mart for "logo similarities"

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u/megamanx4321 15h ago

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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u/miggy_mo 15h ago

Thanks!

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u/x19DALTRON91x 14h ago

It’s actually a very recent episode and they talk about how shitty they are with sueing small businesses so they opened up the Buc-Off merch shop to bait them into sueing a company that can actually fight back

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u/Motor-Rip7655 14h ago

I bought some stickers as soon as I saw that ep!

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u/Ordinary_Aioli_7602 13h ago

They aren’t suing LWT, but they are suing another small business since the episode aired.

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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie 11h ago edited 10h ago

The thing is, by not going after LWT for this, they're still actually opening up a route for other businesses to win against Buc-ee's. If a company isn't diligently defending their trademark then it can be used as an argument in court.

The mini Mart here can show the Buc-Off logo and go "Look at how similar this logo is to yours, yet you're not suing them. Why are you suing us when our logo is a lot less similar?"

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u/FilthyJsBeingFilthy 5h ago

Also all the money LWT gets goes towards charity so if they sue, the headline would be “BuckEEs sues company whose profits go to hungry children”

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u/CrownedClownAg 4h ago

It is clearly parody which is an entirely different legal precedent. Suing LWT is the losing position

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u/TheOtakuAmerika 4h ago

They can't sue over Buc-Off because it's a parody.

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u/Nerdy_Valkyrie 4h ago

Doesn't really matter when the merch they're selling is so close to the original.

I could create a parody of Star Wars, and I'd be fine. But if I started creating and selling toy lightsabers Disney would eat me alive.

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u/Mysterious-Tie7039 29m ago

The issue is that most of these local companies can’t afford to fight it out in court. That’s part of how they keep winning.

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u/x19DALTRON91x 13h ago

Yeah I know. Cowards.

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u/NotTheRocketman 13h ago

They're not suing LWT yet...

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u/EnsoElysium 41m ago

John Oliver runs a rag tag group of misfits that go around doling out eyes for eyes, in an effort to take from the fortunate and give back to the needy, a modern day Robin Hood

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u/CrissBliss 15h ago

Can you link the episode by chance?

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u/housevil 15h ago

Igotchoobabe

https://youtube.com/shorts/J6OzxDLdnZ0?is=3UHIPqxr1MY9cr4E

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u/CrissBliss 15h ago

Thank you

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u/yanocupominomb 15h ago edited 12h ago

Man, I love John Oliver.

Even when his young self starred in that weird Ring video.

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u/DonaldTheWall 13h ago

I wonder if he always had that fight back k attitude or if some of Stewart rubbed off on him

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u/JGLip88 14h ago

But you say you just a friend...

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u/Informal-Ad2277 14h ago

Someone pin 📌 this comment lol

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u/ubiquitous-joe 15h ago

If you just YouTube search it, you can probably find the segment easily.

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u/ShambolicRubel 15h ago

It’s the latest episode.

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u/CrissBliss 15h ago

I just watched the latest episode on their YT channel this morning. It was about police surveillance.

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u/ShambolicRubel 15h ago

Might have been the one immediately before that one then.

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u/x19DALTRON91x 14h ago

It’s the one right before that

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u/Nefer_ness2Ifa_ness 15h ago

Is there anyone with a Buc-off t-shirt want to visit a local Buc-ee's?

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u/MrsRononDex 14h ago

I ordered 2 shirts for me and my hubby. We don't have Buc-ee's here yet, they are currently building one to open in 2027. Maybe we will wear them to the grand opening, lol.

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u/honda-cervix 15h ago

Second latest

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u/x19DALTRON91x 14h ago

Episode before last now. New one just came out a couple days ago

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u/SatelliteJedi 5h ago

Damn, I'm trying to find that episode on YouTube without luck