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In late 2010 a debate over the owner's trademark of the term "Hon" arose. Editorial writers in The Baltimore City Paper [16] and the Baltimore Sun as well as Steve Yasko, general manager of WTMD [17]: one of Baltimore's public radio stations, condemned this action: "The response to Whiting's move has been so strong and negative — so much so that you wonder if Café Hon's owner has squandered the good will she'd established with her customers. Here's why: You can't own something that doesn't belong to you," wrote Dan Rodricks in the Baltimore Sun on December 11, 2010. [18] Within days the news became a national story, with editorials in the Chicago Tribune[19], which as well as over 1300 people joining a "Boycot Cafe Hon" Facebook page [20]. In addition, the "Yelp" listing for Cafe Hon plummeted to under 2 and a half stars[21]and an organized protest of the restaurant was scheduled for Sunday, December 19, 2010.[22]
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The term "HON" recently became a trademarked term in Baltimore by a local businesswoman. Denise Whiting trademarked the term "HON" for use on napkins, buttons, hats and other promotional material to promote her business, Cafe Hon, located in Baltimore. The trademark, as stated by Whiting, doesn't prevent anyone from saying "HON" [1] or using it in general conversation. [2]
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The current article references newspaper articles which contain false and misleading information. I Contacted the chicago tribune about their article and they were shocked and confused because that article was not actually posted in their paper but it was made to appear so by someone who, works with the Baltimore sun, posted this article as a Blog. The chicago tribune and baltimore sun are owned by the same company however the article was NOT actually posted in the chicago tribune and is NOT reputable. also the article contains false information about Denise whiting and her business.
Pockets101992 ( talk) 20:31, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
I don't think this is quite where it should be yet --- the current version makes it sound like Rodricks is out there on his own, which really isn't the case. SHJohnson ( talk) 06:33, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
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The current article reads that the owner of Cafe Hon, Denise Whiting, filed to trademark hon in 2010, this is incorrect. as shown on the US Patent and trademark office archive. The links expire therefore i cannot give a direct link however it is very simple to go to there page, Here: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4001:goq0tn.1.1 and search "hon" alot of marks come up but if you look at the bottom of the list at listing number 41 you will see the correct information is that she originally filed for the trademark in 2004 and was granted the mark in 2005
Pockets101992 ( talk) 03:58, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
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She does not claim to have a trademark on it. she HAS a trademark on it and has had it since 2005. Also The single line quoted out of the Baltimore sun article is the most negative line in the entire article. it is not right that that should be the one line quoted.
I don't mean to cause frustration I just want to make sure this gets straightened out. there was initially some extremely derogatory remarks about the owner. one went so far as to call her a "greedy bitch"
Pockets101992 ( talk) 04:26, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
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In late 2010 a debate over the owner's trademark of the term "Hon" arose. Editorial writers in The Baltimore City Paper [16] and the Baltimore Sun as well as Steve Yasko, general manager of WTMD [17]: one of Baltimore's public radio stations, condemned this action: "The response to Whiting's move has been so strong and negative — so much so that you wonder if Café Hon's owner has squandered the good will she'd established with her customers. Here's why: You can't own something that doesn't belong to you," wrote Dan Rodricks in the Baltimore Sun on December 11, 2010. [18] Within days the news became a national story, with editorials in the Chicago Tribune[19], which as well as over 1300 people joining a "Boycot Cafe Hon" Facebook page [20]. In addition, the "Yelp" listing for Cafe Hon plummeted to under 2 and a half stars[21]and an organized protest of the restaurant was scheduled for Sunday, December 19, 2010.[22]
and replace it with:
The term "HON" recently became a trademarked term in Baltimore by a local businesswoman. Denise Whiting trademarked the term "HON" for use on napkins, buttons, hats and other promotional material to promote her business, Cafe Hon, located in Baltimore. The trademark, as stated by Whiting, doesn't prevent anyone from saying "HON" [1] or using it in general conversation. [2]
References
Because:
The current article references newspaper articles which contain false and misleading information. I Contacted the chicago tribune about their article and they were shocked and confused because that article was not actually posted in their paper but it was made to appear so by someone who, works with the Baltimore sun, posted this article as a Blog. The chicago tribune and baltimore sun are owned by the same company however the article was NOT actually posted in the chicago tribune and is NOT reputable. also the article contains false information about Denise whiting and her business.
Pockets101992 ( talk) 20:31, 16 December 2010 (UTC)
I don't think this is quite where it should be yet --- the current version makes it sound like Rodricks is out there on his own, which really isn't the case. SHJohnson ( talk) 06:33, 19 December 2010 (UTC)
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The current article reads that the owner of Cafe Hon, Denise Whiting, filed to trademark hon in 2010, this is incorrect. as shown on the US Patent and trademark office archive. The links expire therefore i cannot give a direct link however it is very simple to go to there page, Here: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=4001:goq0tn.1.1 and search "hon" alot of marks come up but if you look at the bottom of the list at listing number 41 you will see the correct information is that she originally filed for the trademark in 2004 and was granted the mark in 2005
Pockets101992 ( talk) 03:58, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
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She does not claim to have a trademark on it. she HAS a trademark on it and has had it since 2005. Also The single line quoted out of the Baltimore sun article is the most negative line in the entire article. it is not right that that should be the one line quoted.
I don't mean to cause frustration I just want to make sure this gets straightened out. there was initially some extremely derogatory remarks about the owner. one went so far as to call her a "greedy bitch"
Pockets101992 ( talk) 04:26, 17 December 2010 (UTC)
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