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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by goodcanadian on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:09PM (#14523183)
It seems pretty clear that they have no right to prohibit reselling. He was being sued on trademark grounds. Personally, I think it is likely he would have won, but he could not afford the legal costs to fight it. He never really made money on the project.
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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by jandrese on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:44PM (#14523458)
He had already won the first round in court. He didn't run out of money until the first appeal.
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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by goodcanadian on Friday June 09, 2017 @02:58PM (#14523565)
He won an early motion to dismiss. When that dismissal was overturned, it meant that it was going to go to trial. That was what he could not afford.
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Re:Pirate Joe’s, Maverick Distributor of Trader Joe’s Produc... by ubernostrum on Saturday June 10, 2017 @02:35AM (#14526400)
The court granted a motion on a technical issue of jurisdiction, and an appeals court overturned that decision and sent it back to the original court. That is very different from "he won the first round".
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