Prime vs. Prime

[CustomCritical]

Prime trucking is not happy about Amazon putting prime on their trucks and is suing.

Prime dispute: Trucking company sues Amazon over logo on tech giant’s shipping fleet

Amazon's Prime-branded trucks have drawn a legal challenge from a company with a familiar name. Prime Inc., a nearly 50-year-old trucking company based in Missouri, filed a lawsuit against Amazon…

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Prime, Inc. sues Amazon over trademark infringement

One of the nation's largest trucking companies is taking on retail giant Amazon over their use of the word "Prime" on their truck's trailers.

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[GAnthony]

Amazon has a "few more" dollars than Prime ever will...

Amazon can bleed Prime dry, with delays and lawyers costs.

 

[CustomCritical]

Amazon has a "few more" dollars than Prime ever will...

Amazon can bleed Prime dry, with delays and lawyers costs.

I don’t know. The thing prime trucking has going for them is they’ve been using the prime logo on their trucks since the 1980s, before Amazon even existed. So they can rightfully claim they had it first. Maybe Amazon will fight it. Or maybe they’ll pay them off. It’s an interesting case.

 

[GAnthony]

I don’t know. The thing prime trucking has going for them is they’ve been using the prime logo on their trucks since the 1980s, before Amazon even existed. So they can rightfully claim they had it first. Maybe Amazon will fight it. Or maybe they’ll pay them off. It’s an interesting case.

trucking Primes logo




Amazon's Prime logo



clearly 2 different Prime's...

only dickweeds will think it is the same company.

 

[CustomCritical]

trucking Primes logo

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Amazon's Prime logo

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clearly 2 different Prime's...

only dickweeds will think it is the same company.

If I sold a soft drink and called it Coke but just used a different logo with the name Coke I’m pretty sure I’d still get sued by Coke.

If I open a hamburger restaurant and call it McDonalds but instead of Golden Arches I use a different logo that still won’t fly. I’d get sued out of business.

 

[GAnthony]

a former employer of mine, Highway Express out of Richmond, VA had his trucks painted EXACTLY like the old Rollins trucks.

as in this pic of a model



Rollins tried to sue my former employer for "stealing" the colors.

the owner of my company and his VP, went in person to Rollins with thier lawyers and simply asked a question....

"your colors trademarked/registered?"

to with the answer was NO...

case closed, my former employer had all his trucks painted like a Rollins.

my former employer..??

Mr. James Harwood Cochran.....

founder of Overnite, and a multi-billionaire.....

J. Harwood Cochrane, trucking magnate and arts benefactor, dies at 103

Richmond trucking entrepreneur J. Harwood Cochrane launched his transportation career delivering milk in a horse-drawn wagon.

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[GAnthony]

If I sold a soft drink and called it Coke but just used a different logo with the name Coke I’m pretty sure I’d still get sued by Coke.

If I open a hamburger restaurant and call it McDonalds but instead of Golden Arches I use a different logo that still won’t fly. I’d get sued out of business.

look at your own god damned avatar and fedex...see the tiny circles R...???

it's a registered trademark/name.....

A trademark provides legal protection to brands by providing exclusive rights to the owner to use the mark to promote goods and services. ... For example McDonalds' famous Golden Arches is a protected trademark U.S. Registration No. 1753026 filed in international class 043 for restaurant services.

so yeah, go ahead and use anything McDonald's, you will of course get sued.

 

[GAnthony]

and in all actuality, they are different

Prime Inc (prime trucking)

Prime (Amazon)

what's next, prime cut meats..???

prime a fuel pump..??

prime time tv..???

 

[Rigjockey]

My old boss had a company with about 10 trucks at the time and
it was called TNT.
There was another pretty big company that became TNT.

My boss had the name first but he had to change it. I asked him why he would have to change his companies name when he had it first?
My Boss said, "they have more money than I do".

 

[Rigjockey]

and in all actuality, they are different

Prime Inc (prime trucking)

Prime (Amazon)

what's next, prime cut meats..???

prime a fuel pump..??

prime time tv..???

And Prime Ministers all over the world.

 

[GAnthony]

And Prime Ministers all over the world.

except in the states....

we have an egotistical moron, in power.

 

[Hillbilly Canuck]

except in the states....

we have an egotistical moron, in power.

Don't feel bad. What Canada has couldn't reasonably be described as a prime minister either.

 

[Rigjockey]

Don't feel bad. What Canada has couldn't reasonably be described as a prime minister either.

I know you're right.

 

[Electric Chicken]

Prime is just a service Amazon offers. They aren't actually calling it Prime Trucking. It's just advertising their premium subscription service.

Prime.com Inc is gonna be told to kick rocks.

 

[GAnthony]

My old boss had a company with about 10 trucks at the time and
it was called TNT.
There was another pretty big company that became TNT.

My boss had the name first but he had to change it. I asked him why he would have to change his companies name when he had it first?
My Boss said, "they have more money than I do".

i just looked that up, TNT was an LTL carrier many decades ago.

they are now under the FedEx name....

FAQs | FedEx | TNT United States

Discover everything you need to know about TNT’s transition to FedEx with our FAQs. Whether you’re sending or receiving, you can find your answer here.

www.tnt.com

 

[Rigjockey]

i just looked that up, TNT was an LTL carrier many decades ago.

they are now under the FedEx name....

FAQs | FedEx | TNT United States

Discover everything you need to know about TNT’s transition to FedEx with our FAQs. Whether you’re sending or receiving, you can find your answer here.

www.tnt.com

Yup! that's the one!

 

[Electric Chicken]

Every time I saw those trucks I'd sing

 

[GAnthony]

Yup! that's the one!

yeah, they had a big terminal up in MA, across the street from Yellow..in fact, nearly all the LTL companies were like in a 20 mile radius, no want for a job search back then.

 

[Electric Chicken]

yeah, they had a big terminal up in MA, across the street from Yellow..in fact, nearly all the LTL companies were like in a 20 mile radius, no want for a job search back then.

Bunch of LTLs are huddled together here too. Not even 20 miles apart. Old Dominion is right behind ABF and YRF is across the road.

I guess the lanes only make sense to run a certain way.

 

[Mike]

Companies are trying to get money any way they can it seems.