Monster Cable sues Monster Mini-Golf in Monster lawsuit
- May 27th, 2008
- 2 Comments
I’m not going to chime in on the big Monster Cable debate — I’ll leave that to the real audiophiles to fight out — but it’s nice to see Monster suing a mini-golf park into submission for riding on their amazing brand recognition. What’s the first thing you think of when you hear the name Monster Mini Golf of Warwick, Rhode Island. HDMI cables, right?
Monster Mini Golf was founded by Christina Vitagliano and her husband four years ago. The indoor glow-in-the-dark golf concept has spawned 22 franchises across the country.
The couple said they will not be bullied by the cable products company and that they have no intention of changing the name.
“It’s a little out of hand right now. It just needs to stop. I would say pick on somebody your own size, but I don’t think they should be picking on anybody,” Vitagliano said.
According to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and court records, Monster Cable has gone after several other notable monsters, including The Walt Disney Co. for its hit film “Monsters, Inc.,” Bally Gaming for its Monster slots, the Chicago Bears for their nickname “Monsters of the Midway” and even Fenway Park for using the “green monster” wall.
According to published reports, in most cases Monster Cable has been able to work out a settlement or nominal licensing agreement.
So if sales dry up due to improved wireless audio they can always sue-sue-sue their way into the sunset. Then again, Monster Mini Golf also calls itself the “Millennium Falcon of mini golf,” which could confuse those who need a starship that can do the Kessel run in less than twelve parsecs and instead find themselves staring at a Skee-ball machine.
(via AOL)
Frank (Who am I?)
5 months ago
In case anyone cares, there is a business in Gurney, Illinois, which is now known as Fun with Rocky’s or Rocky’s Funhouse. This company was formerly known as Monster Golf, and ironically was in business BEFORE Monster Mini Golf and has the same EXACT business concept. I have it on a very reliable source that Monster Mini Golf hijacked this business, called it its own, then took legal action which resulted in the original “Monster Golf” having to change its name. As they say, what comes around goes around and I hope these scam artists get everything they deserve in court. Go MONSTER CABLE!!
Sondra (Who am I?)
5 months ago
WOW! I have a friend who used to work at one of Monster mini golfs buildings in Massachusetts. Let’s just say that he doesn’t work there anymore because of some asinine franchisee who has gone through more employees than attendance at a red sox game. The things that were told to me and the things that I saw go on there were indescribable to put it mildly. I can only imagine the things that I didn’t see or were not told to me. Karma is a bitch and it looks like it is catching up to them.