I went to eat at one of my favorite restaurants, Mariano's (inventor of the frozen margarita), and noticed they had a new menu item...

Camarones Carlo's 'n' Charlies (TM)

First, the logotype of the restaurant being copied is:

Carlos'n Charlie's

(which has its own problems), but who is this Carlo and how many Charlies are there? Did Carlo steal Carlos's Charlie?

Secondly, the dish they are copying from Carlos'n Charlie's is called "Grilled BBQ Shrimp" so they're not borrowing a trademark from CnC. They can't (I hope) be saying that they have a trademark on "Carlo's 'n' Charlies", and I don't think you can get a trademark that contains other trademarks (e.g. I can't trademark "Bacard'i 'n' Coca-cola"(TM)).

Should I let them know, or am I over-reacting? (again)

Last edited by Myridon; 03/07/08 06:28 PM.