Re:Sears Hasn’t Fared Better After Bankruptcy
by perl4ever on Tuesday October 15, 2019 @06:33PM
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Also in Mavis news, it was recently reported that a store falsified invoices for brake work that may have lead to the crash that killed 20 people in upstate NY last year:
https://www.timesunion.com/news/article/Mavis-manager-Invoic...
"The alleged falsification of the records and the shop's purported failure to perform work on the 2001 Ford Excursion were part of a systemic practice at the auto service outlet as it tried to meet corporate sales quotas, according to court records."
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/ip-law/discount-tire-lawsuit-c...
Wheel retailer Discount Tire claims a rebrand by Mavis Tire Supply LLC—labeling its stores Mavis Discount Tire—violates its trademark rights.
The company’s Dec. 26 lawsuit says Mavis started renaming stores after buying multiple chains located in the South and Midwest, where Discount Tire does business. Mavis intends to confuse customers and profit from goodwill built up in the Discount Tire trademark over decades, according to the complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Georgia.
Mavis previously used Mavis Discount Tire branding only in northeastern states with no competing Discount Tire stores, according to The Renialt-Thomas Corp., Discount Tire’s corporate name.
Looks like an interesting case!