Thursday, January 31, 2008

You HAVE to be joking

I got this little missive in my email today:

From: Anne R. Brooks
Date: 1/31/08

Sent: To [me]

cc: Alan Rupp, Ruth Fejfar; Carol Hamilton
Subject: Derby-Pie® Infringement

To whom it may concern,

It has come to my attention that you have published pages with a reference
to "Derby-Pie" or some similar name on the web page listed below. I wish to
inform you on behalf of Kern's Kitchen Inc. of Louisville, Kentucky, that
they hold the trademark for this name and it is not legally proper to
promote a product by this name without Kern's Kitchen's permission. The
registration number is Reg. No. 878,334 and it is on the Principal Register
with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

To avoid any formal legal action, it is requested that you remove any
reference to "Derby-Pie" on any and all web pages.

The following WebPages contain the misuse:

http://theladyofshallots.blogspot.com/2007/11/derby-pie.html

If there are others we would ask that you take care of them also.

Thank you in advance for your cooperation. If you have any questions please
direct them to:

Carol Hamilton a paralegal at:
Lynch, Cox, Gilman & Mahan P.S.C.
400 West Market Street, Aegon Center
Suite 2200
Louisville, Kentucky 40202
Tel: 1 502 589-4215

[email to: chamilton@lcgandm.com]

Alan S. Rupp
President
Kern's Kitchen, Inc.
502-499-0285

[email to:Alan@DerbyPie.com]


I will definitely never patronize this company--and I thank them for bringing themselves to my attention so that I can be sure not to do so.

1 comment:

Steve sculpts critters said...

Just call it Derby Hat Pie and you're all good.