carolinamike Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Recently we've had another incident to come up or should I say one of our customer's did. I think some of you know we produce the Hag's Tornado for Mr. Hagler out of Texas. He recently received a letter from Bass Pro Shop which explained to him that he was guilty of trademark infringement. You see, BPS has the Tornado spinnerbait and they have trademarked the name. He's been on the market about six months and his bait is doing very well, not to mention that he just ordered $2000 worth of hats and shirts. To have to change his name would lead to a phenomenal. After meeting with his attorney, and being assured that he was definitely guilty of infringement, he asked his attorney to write a letter and plead his case to BPS. Believe it or not, they agreed to let him use the name, they did put a few stipulations but nothing that will be hard to follow. Just think about how much clout BPS has, not to mention money and power. I think this says a lot for an organization this big. It's a breath of fresh air to the industry. The more I learn about the plastic business and the more I'm involved, it doesn't take too long to figure out that it's very very very competitive! To have a company this size to give the small businessman a break says a lot. I now feel that BPS, to be a big box store, has some stand up people running the operation. I hear so much about big companies pushing little companies down and of course we had our little run in with the Z company, I thought maybe you folks would like to know that there are some folks you can actually get along with in this business. Not really sure if this is the place for this thread, but it is about a plastic bait. Hope everyone is doing well in TU land. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COBRA Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 pretty cool, always some law suit or you copied me popping up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artificial All The Way Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Thanks for posting this. Nice to here this. I Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troul Hawk Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 Wow, that is great to hear. I don't sell, and am a bit naive in this department, but how can "The Tornado" be compared with "Hag's Tornado?" To me those are two completely separate terms. If you search the United States patent and trademark office they clearly state that 'The Tornado" are the words used. Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS) At any rate, I am glad to hear that the little guy got the break, and that the folks at BPS are decent folks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Prager Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm surprised that BPS even gave him a hard time, since they've copied just about every soft plastic bait on the market! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted June 24, 2009 Report Share Posted June 24, 2009 I'm surprised that BPS even gave him a hard time, since they've copied just about every soft plastic bait on the market! I agree Richard. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Munkin Posted June 30, 2009 Report Share Posted June 30, 2009 I'm surprised that BPS even gave him a hard time, since they've copied just about every soft plastic bait on the market! You mean there are actually baits they have not copied? Allen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
