Comment on The $20 USD bill is the new 5$ bill

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Subway argued in court that “Footlong” is a trademarked brand, and does not mean it’s 12 inches. Then they argued that the average consumer would KNOW this, and not be confused by these terms.

  Footlong is a subway branded term for their bigger sub. Foot long is a generic term that means one foot long.

  Yes, that’s real. I’m not joking. They legitimately did this. Just like Fox News argued in court that their station is NOT a news network. It is an entertainment network, presenting purely opinion based stories. As such, they have ZERO obligation for their stories to contain even a shred of truth or fact to their stories. And “Fox News” is a branded term, not relating to, or presenting factual news reports.

  On a related note, would anyone like to buy “Bigger Penis Pills”? I mean, it’s just condensed sugar in tablet form. But I’ve branded it as “Bigger Penis Pills”, and selling it for $100 per pill.

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  • Scubus@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Didnt fox news have to change their name to fox entertainment?

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    • optissima@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Fox News Entertainment I thought

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  • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Okay, Subway trademarked the footlong, then they cut it in half if you order a 6 inch…

    Did they fucking trademark the size of an inch too?

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      No. That was one of the things being sued over.

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      • over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Good, fuck Subway, and that’s even considering I used to work for them, in security camera maintenance, before this whole AI/enshittification era though…

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  • brooke592@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A group of business and law school people got paid to peddle that bullshit.

    It’s part of how our own money is used against us.

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  • Perspectivist@feddit.uk ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    In Finland there’s a product called “Meter pizza” that’s about 60 cm long, but then there’s also a “centimeter pizza” that’s way longer than a centimeter.

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