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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsRockers Hall & Oates Sue 'Haulin' Oats' Granola Maker
http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/music/say-it-isnt-so-hall-oates-sue-haulin-oats-granola-n318296Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Famers Daryl Hall and John Oates say a Brooklyn food company is Out of Touch, suing the firm for selling granola under the brand Haulin' Oats.
According to the suit (PDF), filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, the singers who for years have performed as Hall & Oates say Early Bird Foods' rolled oats and maple syrup concoction violates their trademark on food-related puns associated with their names, which could confuse consumers. To drive home the point, they sued under the name Whole Oats Entertainment and included a picture of one of their first albums, titled "Whole Oats."
Early Bird issued a one-sentence response: "Say It Isn't So." We swear we are not making this up....
Hall & Oates asked for a jury trial seeking unspecified damages. They demanded that Early Bird stop using the "Haulin' Oats" brand and destroy all materials portraying the mark.
According to the suit (PDF), filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, the singers who for years have performed as Hall & Oates say Early Bird Foods' rolled oats and maple syrup concoction violates their trademark on food-related puns associated with their names, which could confuse consumers. To drive home the point, they sued under the name Whole Oats Entertainment and included a picture of one of their first albums, titled "Whole Oats."
Early Bird issued a one-sentence response: "Say It Isn't So." We swear we are not making this up....
Hall & Oates asked for a jury trial seeking unspecified damages. They demanded that Early Bird stop using the "Haulin' Oats" brand and destroy all materials portraying the mark.
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Rockers Hall & Oates Sue 'Haulin' Oats' Granola Maker (Original Post)
KamaAina
Mar 2015
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In_The_Wind
(72,300 posts)1. hmm
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)2. Rut-roh! I hear the courts are not fond of cereal litigants.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)5. DUzy!
pinboy3niner strikes again!!
cyberswede
(26,117 posts)3. You'd think they'd appreciate the publicity.
Who ever thinks of them otherwise?
olddots
(10,237 posts)4. its got to be Hall
he thinks he is god .