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PornHub owner MindGeek is threatening a kebab shop in NYC with trademark infringement

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PornHub owner MindGeek is threatening a kebab shop in NYC with trademark infringement - Lemmy.world

PornHub owner MindGeek is threatening a kebab shop in NYC with trademark infringement::If you’ve been listening to the Vergecast you know the standard for trademark infringement is “likelihood of confusion,” and while it’s true the Hub is known for ⚫️🟠, something tells me the folks walking into Doner Haus aren’t confused about what’s on the menu. Full story in Chelsea News, a hyperlocal NYC news site, via Verge pal Alexandra Roberts.

Aug 16, 2023 at 6:00pmWeb
Show threadteranexAug 16, 2023
Well… You’re look for meat in both places so 🤷‍♂️
Show threadDhrystoneAug 16, 2023
BönerHaus?
Show threadedgarallenpwnAug 16, 2023
Damn I knew verge was shit but they’re just linking to other sites articles and presenting it as a tweet?
Show threadTemple SquareAug 16, 2023

Wait until they see “Smoke Hub” in Bakersfield, CA.

It’s literally the porn hub logo.

Show threadaslkdfjhAug 16, 2023
Well, with the picture cut off at first I thought it said “boner haus.”
Show threadPacers31Colts18Aug 16, 2023
There is a gas station in Iowa that uses the same logo. I think it’s called like 1Nine or something like that.
Show threadMorrisonMotel6Aug 16, 2023
All I’m getting out of this is it’s potentially possible to get doner kebab in the US, and I should take a trip to New York
Show threadlgmjon64Aug 16, 2023
We used to have a pretty good German street food restaurant in Fresno of all places. They had a pretty awesome döner. Unfortunately that only lasted like 2 years before closing.
Show threadMorrisonMotel6Aug 16, 2023

I live in a doner desert. I mean, there are places that CLAIM to have doner kebab around here, but they have apparently never been to Germany. There’s something so perfect about Turkish food with heavy German influence that I haven’t been able to find anywhere outside of Germany.

I’m glad you had two years of joy in Fresno, but sorry about the closure

Show threadlolcatnipAug 16, 2023
There’s a place in Dallas with döner kebab in the name.
Show threadMorrisonMotel6Aug 16, 2023

Yeah, but is it comparable to German doner kebab?

There’s ten places with that in the name where I live, and all of them are pretending to be doner kebab

Show threadslackassassinAug 17, 2023
There’s tons of good doner kebab in the US, and you don’t need to go to NY to get it. Sorry it’s not in your area, though! That’s a huge bummer.
Show threadezchiliAug 17, 2023
They have a lot of gyros that aren’t gyros and are actually turks doing kebabs so there might be more than you think
Show threadband_on_the_runAug 16, 2023
I just texted my brother who lives in NYC to visit it before they’re forced to change it lol. I also told him I want a review because I’ve never had German kebabs before. I will follow up with the review and maybe pics later.
Show threadhglmanAug 16, 2023
Likely wont be forced to change.
Show threadmakingStuffForFunAug 16, 2023

German döner are actually Turkish. Germany has a massive Turkish population. It’s so large they have areas in some cities that are primarily Turkish. Even the Turkish president broadcasts to the German Turkish community at times as he knows how influential they are.

All this to say, a German döner is a Turkish one, albeit probably adjusted to German tastes.

Have I had one? Yes, many. Are they good? Definitely.

However, I like the Australian variety just as much, but they are definitely same same different.

Show threadSchneemenschAug 17, 2023
That is only partly true. The Döner Kebab was invented in Berlin (by a guy with Turkish origen). Due to the high Turkish population in Germany there are tons of Döner Shops and it is actually much easier to find a Döner in Germany than in Turkey.
Show threadLowlee KunAug 17, 2023

It is also where the best Döner is found. The Picture of this NYC Kebab did not make me want to get one. Looked way too thin and i dont get the packaging. I want my Kebab to be rolled into alumium foil and it needs to have sexy curves because of how stuffed the Döner is.

Excuse me, i have go get one right now.

Show threadmakingStuffForFunAug 17, 2023
Ahhh jealous! Nice. Have a bite for me!
Show threadmakingStuffForFunAug 17, 2023
Excellent. Thanks for the extra info.
Show threadtommyAug 16, 2023
Ive seen plenty of them
Show threadspearzAug 16, 2023
“Restaurant selling badly-packed-kebabs, is sued by content host showing videos of badly-packed-kebabs” The irony…
Show threadP03 LockeAug 17, 2023
You forgot to include “stepsister” in the description.
Show threadruk_n_rulAug 16, 2023
My guess is that this is going to go the same way as McDonalds v everything with the letters M(a)c, and Starbucks v Sattar Buksh
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Show threadMyNameIsIgglePiggleAug 17, 2023
I read way too much of that article
Show threadNuPNuAAug 17, 2023
They think this is bad, there’s a seafood van near my local pub called “Prawn Hub” with the same logo design.
Show threadrishadoAug 17, 2023
We have a butcher near us called Pork Hub also with the same logo
Show threadMyNameIsIgglePiggleAug 17, 2023
Cars around me all seem to be sporting bream hub bumper stickers
Show threadlemmy_get_my_coatAug 17, 2023
And we’ve got a nearby car dealership called CarHub with the same logo design as well. Doesn’t even sound close though.
Show threadAngryAnusHornetsAug 17, 2023
Guess I’m going the next time I’m at work in the city
Show threadezchiliAug 17, 2023

“Come get stuffed”? “Big Doner Energy”?

Cmon

Mindgeek is within their rights

Show threadChrisAug 18, 2023
It’s dumb but this is how trademarks work in America. If PH didn’t do this then someone else could use this to show that they don’t care about their trademark anymore. If PH isn’t a dick they will let the kebab shop use it for a nominal licensing fee or let them change it over some period of time without fighting them too much.