Lawyers for the Spice Girls threaten to sue Canadian entrepreneur over seasoning brand

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/article/lawyers-for-the-spice-girls-threaten-to-sue-canadian-entrepreneur-over-seasoning-brand/

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TachyonTele@piefed.social · 16 pts · 197d (1 reply)

It seems dumb, but the band could potentially create a seasoning brand. I'd say in this case it's warranted.

.... But then again the name is “Spyce Girlz Seasonings.” which obviously has nothing to do with the band and it IS a stupid lawsuit.

pigeonofparadise@lemmy.org · 11 pts · 197d
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frongt@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 197d (2 replies)

Why? The Spice Girls haven't really been active as a group for like 20 years.

Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 197d (1 reply)

Probably nearing reunion tour time.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 2 pts · 197d

I think they already tried?

MOARbid1@piefed.social · 8 pts · 197d (1 reply)

Why do Canadian’s even need to listen to them? The Spice Girls are based in the UK. I know nothing of the laws around this.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 197d

Well, fact one that you should consider would be that they share heads of state, so, probably not completely unrelated diplomatically.

Fact two would be that a lot of trade marks and patents have international recognition and treaties protecting them in general. That's... Very obvious.

AlexLost@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 197d (1 reply)

Change it to "Spice up your life!"

pigeonofparadise@lemmy.org · 0 pts · 197d
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Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 197d (1 reply)

Gonna be an easy win for the spice company.

DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 1 pts · 197d

Nah. For one thing, I bet the band sold branded spices at some point as an obvious merch opportunity.

ol_capt_joe@piefed.ee · 3 pts · 197d

Compared strings, no match.

Long live spice rice 🚀🍚

GeeDubHayduke@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 196d

I was today years old when i learned that the Spice Girls are a "supergroup."