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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Restaurateur apostrophe's and trademark's #174332 03/07/2008 6:27 PM Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX Myridon addict Myridon addict Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 557 Dallas, TX 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; 03/07/2008 6:28 PM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Restaurateur apostrophe's and trademark's Myridon #174335 03/07/2008 6:39 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Ooooh... I see the start of a fun thread! Meanwhile, see: http://www.flickr.com/groups/77173807@N00/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Restaurateur apostrophe's and trademark's AnnaStrophic #174354 03/08/2008 12:09 AM Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 Faldage Carpal Tunnel Faldage Carpal Tunnel Joined: Dec 2000 Posts: 13,803 The only problems I see with Carlos'n Charlie's is that I'd think it should be Carlos 'n' Charlie's. If Carlos and Charlie had each their own restaurant they would be Carlos's 'n' Charlie's Restaurants, but if they jointly own one restaurant then the apostrophes in the original are correct insofar as the possessives go. If you are using the other apostrophe to indicate the missing a in and[/], then there should be one for the missing [i]d, too. As far as the examples given in the lovely AnnaS's link, I'm not so sure that the one in the pizzeria's name is wrong. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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