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The Texas Bu-EE convenience store chain has filed another demand this year against a competitor.
Bu-EE is demanding BARC-EE based in Missouri for registered trademark violation, according to a lawsuit filed in the western district of the United States District Court of the Southern Division of Missouri.
BARC-EE, which is temporarily closed, according to your website, He describes himself as “a unique stop with coffee and food, a dog patio and a mini western city for children.”
Its owner, John López, acknowledged demand and other problems for the business in social networks.
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An illustration in Bu-EE’s demand against BARC-EE shows the marks recorded from side to side. (West district of the West Court of Missouri South Division / Fox News)
Bu-EE says in a lawsuit that the BARC-EE logo violates its registered trademark. (West district of the West Court of Missouri South Division / Fox News)
“Although I prefer that my commercial challenges come with one side of coffee instead of a judicial citation, this is only part of the business game,” he said on March 24. Facebook publication. “My legal team believes that we are not legally infringing any registered trademark.”
“The comments of a legal team that specializes in commercial brands also believe that I could win if it were to trial, but it may not be worth fighting,” he continued. “The beavers are cunning creatures. Very rare, a small dog fights with a great beaver and comes out at the top.”
Only a few days before, he published that the location of Marshfield, Missouri, was temporarily closed by a “brightness.”
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Employees prepare food inside a BUC-EE convenience store on June 12, 2024 in Luling, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty images)
The lawsuit, obtained by Fox Business, says that Barc-Ee “announced, commercialized, promoted, offered, offered, sold, distributed, manufactured and/or imported on purpose, and continues to advertise, marketing, promoting, offer for the sale, sale, distribution, manufacture and/or import, products and services in a way that violates the rights of Bu-EE in Bu-EE merchants.” “.” “.” “.” “
The suit also alleges the name, the style of the curved words and the cartoon pet of a “brown animal with a red tongue and black nose with a hat in a yellow circle with a black circular contour” mimics the recorded marks of BUC-EE.
There is a BUC-EE location in Springfield, Missouri, which is about 17 miles from the address in Barc-Ee. The Springfield location of BU-EE was inaugurated in December 2023, According to the city’s website.
“Bu-EE has invested a lot in innovation throughout the company to provide the best quality products and experience for our customers,” said Bu-Ee’s in a statement to Fox Business. “BUC-EE will not be an inactive spectator, while others violate the intellectual property rights that Bu-EE has worked so hard to develop.”
The convenience store and the Texas-based gas stop, BUC-EE, has become the largest convenience store with more than 100 gas pumps and a 75,000 square feet store in Luling, Texas. (Brandon Bell / Getty images)
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In January, Bu-EE filed a lawsuit against the Super Fuels of the Malora Gasas de Texas station about accusations of copyright violation, claiming that the super fuel logo is too similar to the BUG-EE logo.
Bu-EE has more than 50 stores in Missouri, Texas, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky and Colorado, according to the demand.
Landon Mion of Fox Business contributed to this report.
