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Thread: Really Backcountry.com??
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11-04-2019, 11:49 AM #226
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11-04-2019, 12:31 PM #227Hucked to flat once
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Hedge funds typically work in securities. Read-liquid assets that are generally publicly traded. PE money typically works in privately held businesses. Not nearly as liquid, not publicly traded. But the son of a dad who works for GS would know that. TSG is the PE firm that owns BC.com. If you look at their portfolio of other companies (not stocks or funds) under ownership, you will see a lot of companies you might be familiar with...like PBR, the beer.
I'm sure there are people who could explain it better than me. Call your dad and have him login to give us the Goldman Sachs definition.
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11-04-2019, 01:00 PM #228
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11-04-2019, 01:09 PM #229Registered User
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I never realized competitivecyclist and steep&cheep are also part of that conglomerate... two more websites to never visit...
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11-04-2019, 01:52 PM #230
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11-04-2019, 02:00 PM #231Hucked to flat once
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^^^^ They sued Stumptown Coffee in Portland and the Portland bike shops didn't take kindly to it.
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11-04-2019, 02:06 PM #232
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11-04-2019, 02:08 PM #233Hucked to flat once
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11-04-2019, 02:09 PM #234
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11-04-2019, 02:12 PM #235
That’s gold.
I’m using this when someone questions me on anything.
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11-04-2019, 02:26 PM #236
Specialized has done a bunch of dumb "trademark enforcement" type actions. The biggest one I remember was going after a small coffee shop in Canada called Cafe Roubaix. Because Specialized has a bike called the Roubaix. A bike that's named after the famous Paris-Roubaix bike race. Which, of course, is named after the towns in France where it starts (Paris) and ends (Roubaix).
https://www.velonews.com/2013/12/bik...e-brand_310878
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11-04-2019, 02:58 PM #237Registered User
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Revelate bikepacking bags were originally Epic Bags. Specialized went after them for "Epic". Thus the eventual name change to Revelate Designs
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11-04-2019, 03:13 PM #238
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11-04-2019, 03:18 PM #239
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11-04-2019, 03:27 PM #240Registered User
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11-04-2019, 03:45 PM #241_______________________________________________
"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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11-04-2019, 03:47 PM #242_______________________________________________
"Strapping myself to a sitski built with 30lb of metal and fibreglass then trying to water ski in it sounds like a stupid idea to me.
I'll be there." ... Andy Campbell
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11-04-2019, 04:03 PM #243
So what happens when all the words are trademarked? I guess start making them up--like the names of heavily advertised, $100,000 a year drugs. They come up with some weird names for those.
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11-04-2019, 04:05 PM #244
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11-04-2019, 04:05 PM #245guy who skis
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Looks like Cripple Creek Backcountry is on notice too.
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11-04-2019, 04:14 PM #246
That one was terrible. Here's slightly different one: When Avery Brewing started out Adam Avery had a dog named Elle. He named his brown ale after it. Elle magazine sued him. He was tiny at the time so he changed the name of his beer. And his dog.
This is from the website allaboutbeer.com:
You would think that the average consumer could tell the difference between a beer and a women’s fashion magazine. Yet the publishers of Elle, recalls Adam Avery, brought legal action over a brand called Elle’s Brown Ale, named after the brewer’s late Labrador retriever. Avery resolved the dispute by adding an “i” to make Elle “Ellie.”
We were in the right,” says Avery, “but I didn’t want to spend time in court. Some people might say, ‘I’m going to fight tooth and nail,’ but not me. The problem with trademarks is that you’ve got to spend a lot money to keep them.”
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11-04-2019, 04:28 PM #247
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11-04-2019, 04:41 PM #248
The great vampire squid.
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11-04-2019, 04:43 PM #249Hucked to flat once
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stuck-I'd go with your signature on this one.
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11-04-2019, 05:16 PM #250
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