Slave to the 'buck
A judge has ruled that Sambucks sounds too similar to Starbuck's Coffee, and this violates the coffee chain's trademark. Let's forget a second that Sam Buck is the owner's actual name.
The court ruled that Buck abandoned her maiden name by getting married, but Rylander disagrees."Women don't abandon their maiden names," he said. "They can still use them when they get married."
He presented two witnesses who testified that Sam Buck is known to community members as just that, but their accounts were ignored in the court's opinion, he said, providing possible grounds for an appeal.
So many women use their maiden names these days. Rather, many refuse to drop their maiden name for their husband's name. Call it that stigma about being a man's property. Now it's more recognized as a professional distinction or a personal choice. The point is not every woman changes her name. Strange how some courts fail to recognize this.
