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Dylan16807yesterday at 9:49 PM4 repliesview on HN

Clearly infringing on what? Do they have "leggo my eggo" itself trademarked? And is it really reasonable to think there's consumer confusion between a waffle and an egg roll that isn't using the word "eggo"?

I would say they're clearly not infringing on any plain "eggo" trademark.


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dghlsakjgyesterday at 11:05 PM

Go find a picture of the truck.

The entire business is branded like Eggo waffles. The colors used, the font and stylistic “E” are the same, the white outlining of red letters on a yellow field is copied. It isn’t just the name and phrase, the entire brand is copied over.

I’m not making a judgment on the morality of the law. But under the law itself, I can completely understand how Kellog’s has a strong claim here

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KenoFischeryesterday at 9:55 PM

> Do they have "leggo my eggo" itself trademarked?

As a matter of fact, they do:

https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=77021301&caseType=SERIAL_...

The full complaint linked above has a full list of trademarks. There's also a claim for trade dress infringement, since the food truck uses the same font and red-yellow-white color scheme.

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djmipsyesterday at 10:00 PM

I think Lego should sue Kellogs

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