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Cracker Barrel announces it is ditching new logo after customer backlash

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Had to give a shout out to everyone. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the day we opened our doors. It is also Dan's 30th anniversary of being in the Promotional Advertising business. The above photo was from a couple years ago. It was an order of T-shirts for one of our clients. Grace For 2 Brothers Foundation
We figured we would spread the Love.

Sturgis trademarks are considered to be invalid and undefendable. This case is interesting because it opens the questions of how many copyrights and trademarks are considered "Public Domain".

Court Case Removes Limitations On Motorcycle Rally Merch When the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally arrives in Sturgis, South Dakota, on August 2, a dispute over use of the event name may be put to rest. Earlier this year, an order by the U.S. District Court for the District of South Dakota, Western Division, ended a disagreement over the use of certain trademarks...

One of the benchmarks we've held for ourselves is when one of our suppliers uses one of our promotions to show other distributors and their customers a creative use of physical advertising pieces we've used for on of our customers.

This one was for an election for President of a professional organization I work closely with.

Thought I might throw up a little something for Throwback Thursday. This is a lapel pin I had the honor of doing in the early 90's.

The factory was nearby and I watched the process to make them. An older gentleman did them and he would raise up a actual railroad rail on a chain fall and drop it to die stamp both the design and cut out the pin at the same time. Then a ground up glass was melted in for the color fills and then buffed and plated.

It's a Cloisonne pin that was made here in the US. The process gradually moved to China because of the danger involved in making them.

When the guy shook my hand I noticed he was missing fingers on both hands. He loved and was proud of the art form he did.

Having followed the hubbub around changing the name of the Fighting Sioux, I think they've made it more confusing. Here's a fun article that shows the tip of the iceberg of some of the battles around the name.

https://tinyurl.com/yaded9nh

Why the University of North Dakota Has to Keep Selling Old Mascot Merch In a strange set of circumstances, the University of North Dakota must continue selling a handful of merchandise bearing its old "Fighting Sioux" nickname and branding, despite changing to the Fighting Hawks in late 2015.