Seems lawyers for national chain “AutoZone” have sent a nastygram to a Mom and Pop shop, named “CycleZone,” claiming consumers will be confused by the similarity.
Via 3 On Your Side:
“Well, I think customers can come to us because we have developed a real good reputation,” Lenna Hamm said. “We’re in a small town, so we work really hard.”
She and her husband, William, say running CycleZone Motorsports and Marine has been the American dream come true.
But that dream is about to come to an abrupt halt, and it all has to do with envelope marked urgent that contained an alarming letter.
“So, I open it up, and I start reading it and my mouth fell to the floor,” Hamm said. “I couldn’t believe what my eyes were seeing.”The two-page letter was from AutoZone’s corporate headquarters and indicated the automotive company was not very pleased with CycleZone Motorsports and Marine and its owners.
The reason? AutoZone says the couple is using the word “zone” in its name. The company claims the Hamms can’t do that.