Comments on: So Much Bigotry, So Little Time to Banish it . . . http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/01/03/so-much-bigotry-so-little-time-to-banish-it/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:05:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: grumpypilgrim http://dangerousintersection.org/2009/01/03/so-much-bigotry-so-little-time-to-banish-it/comment-page-1/#comment-33112 grumpypilgrim Wed, 07 Jan 2009 02:28:24 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/?p=4068#comment-33112 Going back to the matter of the two teens at Dunkin, I would think a letter to the corporate headquarters would be the appropriate response. If the local newspaper runs the story, the letter could include a copy of the article. Send the letter directly to the CEO -- here is a press release from Dunkin Brands announcing the very recent appointment: http://www.dunkinbrands.com/pressroom/pressReleases/121008_CEOAnnouncement.pdf/. And here is the contact info for their global headquarters: Dunkin' Brands, Inc. 130 Royall Street Canton, Massachusetts, 02021 U.S.A. 781-737-3000 In general, franchisees own their individual shops, but franchisors maintain considerable control over any franchisee practices that could negatively impact the corporate trademark (brand). In fact, trademark law states that if a franchisor fails to police third-party use of a corporate trademark, the franchisor could jeopardize the validity of the mark, so it is possible that Dunkin' Brands could take the matter more seriously than you might expect. In any case, it's worth notifying them. Going back to the matter of the two teens at Dunkin, I would think a letter to the corporate headquarters would be the appropriate response. If the local newspaper runs the story, the letter could include a copy of the article. Send the letter directly to the CEO — here is a press release from Dunkin Brands announcing the very recent appointment: http://www.dunkinbrands.com/pressroom/pressReleases/121008_CEOAnnouncement.pdf/. And here is the contact info for their global headquarters:
Dunkin’ Brands, Inc.
130 Royall Street
Canton, Massachusetts, 02021
U.S.A.
781-737-3000

In general, franchisees own their individual shops, but franchisors maintain considerable control over any franchisee practices that could negatively impact the corporate trademark (brand). In fact, trademark law states that if a franchisor fails to police third-party use of a corporate trademark, the franchisor could jeopardize the validity of the mark, so it is possible that Dunkin’ Brands could take the matter more seriously than you might expect. In any case, it’s worth notifying them.

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