The Lion’s Tap in Eden Prairie has won a lawsuit against McDonald’s, crediting them with the “Who’s Your Patty?” phrase.
Thirteen-year-old Daniel Hauser, who gained acclaim for running away to avoid chemotherapy treatment earlier this year, is scheduled for his last round of chemo this morning.
The School Nurses of Minnesota association will be honored today at 4:30 at the Doubletree Hotel in St. Louis Park for 100 years of professional service in the state.
Joyce Preschool — “an independent, nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide children from diverse ethnic, linguistic and economic backgrounds with developmentally and culturally appropriate preparation for success in school and lifelong learning” — just earned accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
8 Reader Comments
8:53 am
Kudos to the Tap, who had the stones to take on Micky D’s in court.
9:07 am
Ditto, justpbob. The Tap’s burgers are way better, anyway.
9:09 am
What a joke…that was a pure monetary play…plain and simple.
I believe Jackie Chiles may have represented the Tap.
LT: Stop using our trademark or Pay us this
MCD Marketing: Suck it, you can talk to our lawyers
LT: Alright cause we’ve already spoken with ours
MCDLawyers: Ahhh you should probably pay these guys
MCD Marketing: Dang it, pay the man.
LT: Thats what we thought bitches
9:23 am
We have friend who sent their kids to the Joyce Preschool and loved it. They now have to send their kids to some inferior preschool in the Ukraine since they live there now, but I think they will be back to Joyce when they move back.
It is good to say to people, “see! we have good educational opportunities in the city! quit sending your kids to private schools in the suburbs”
10:23 am
You got it, Bob — congrats to the locals. RyanL, it may have been a monetary play, but there was some real downside risk here for the Lion’s Tap. It could have lost its right to the trademark, along with its investment in protecting that trademark, and of course it likely had to pay out-of-pocket for its legal representation, since trademark attorneys rarely take such cases on a contingent basis.
12:04 pm
Whats the downside risk…they have to get new T-Shirts printed.
I love the burgers at the lions tap as much as the next guy, even though you have to buy two to be filled up and they charge and arm and a leg for rootbeer..
3:20 pm
I want to like Joyce, I really do; I went there as a kid (pre-Spanish days) and love the idea of a bilingual preschool in the neighborhood. But they do worksheets. No matter how much I like the other elements of the school, there’s just no way I’m sending my kid somewhere where the kids do homework at age 4. I know the kids like it there, and I know they do fun stuff, too, but nursery school is the time to be learning through play and exploring the world, not through worksheets and formal literacy programs.
4:57 am
Worksheets at 4 isn’t soon enough. If you’re old enough to be potty trained, you’re old enough to learn to read. Otherwise you’re just going to be bored on the toilet.