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RegardingTrademarkInfringementSuitBroughtbyLongTrailBrewingCo.
WeweresurprisedtolearnviaTwitteronFridaythatLongTrailBrewingCo.hadfiledatrademark
infringementlawsuitagainstusinVermont.ThelawsuitallegesthatouroriginalTakeaHikedesign
infringesonLongTrailstrademarkforthephraseTakeaHike.
LongTrailsTakeaHikeLogo
ChowdaheadzTakeaHikeDesign
OurdesignprominentlyfeaturesthestateofNewHampshireandismeanttoreferencewellknownNH
hikingspots,includingMountWashingtonandtheWhiteMountainNationalForest.Ithasnothingtodo
witheitherVermontorLongTrail.Itisalsobrandedwithourownname,Chowdaheadz.
TheallegationthattakeahikeisownedexclusivelybyLongTrailorbyanyoneforthatmatteris
ludicrous.AsagenericphrasethatlongpredatesbothLongTrailandChowdaheadz,itshouldnotbe
monopolizedorusedasananticompetitiveswordinthemarketplace.WeareawarethatLongTrailhas
usedlitigationagainstothersmallbusinessinordertotake,throughintimidation,morerightsthanthe
actualtrademarklawgrantstothem
Weplanonsuccessfullydefeatingtheirmeritlessclaims,andusingthisstoryasanempowering
exampletoothersmallbusinessesthatreceiveunreasonableandunfoundedceaseanddesistletters
andlawsuits.LongTraincantakeahikeiftheythinktheyaregoingtobullyChowdaheadzinto
submission.Wehavebeenaroundfor15yearsservingourNewEnglandbasedcustomers;wewillfight
theseridiculousclaimswiththemstandingrightbehindus.