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Penny farthing cycles

  • 27-02-2012 10:19pm
    #1
    Finneen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭


    Is it legal for a shop to use the name Penny farthing cycles for a bicycle shop? What happens if someone asks to buy a penny-farthing there when they ceased production in the 1890s? What's the law on this, if any?


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  • #2
    coylemj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,532 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    The law is that there is no law - the title of the shop doesn't represent a legally enforcable invitation to treat.

    If you were in the UK and saw a pub called the King's Head .............. on second thoughts, let's not go there.


  • #3
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 1,427 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Finneen wrote: »
    Is it legal for a shop to use the name Penny farthing cycles for a bicycle shop? What happens if someone asks to buy a penny-farthing there when they ceased production in the 1890s? What's the law on this, if any?

    You must have been very dissappointed the first time you went into Virgin Megastore.


  • #4
    bath handle
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 370 ✭✭bath handle


    coylemj wrote: »
    The law is that there is no law - the title of the shop doesn't represent a legally enforcable invitation to treat.

    If you were in the UK and saw a pub called the King's Head .............. on second thoughts, let's not go there.
    An invitation to treat is not legally enforceable .


  • #5
    Peregrinus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,807 ✭✭✭✭Peregrinus


    Finneen wrote: »
    Is it legal for a shop to use the name Penny farthing cycles for a bicycle shop? What happens if someone asks to buy a penny-farthing there when they ceased production in the 1890s? What's the law on this, if any?
    Nitpick: penny-farthing bicycles are still manufactured, and you can buy them. You'd have to order one, though.


  • #6
    Jagera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 910 ✭✭✭Jagera


    I remember a vaguely similar situation going on in Australia. A clothes manufacturer branded their clothes as "Can't Tear em"

    Then when people called saying their clothes tore - they were laughed at saying it's only a brand name.. Unfair.


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  • #7
    Robbo
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 10,574 Mod ✭✭✭✭Robbo


    Peregrinus wrote: »
    Nitpick: penny-farthing bicycles are still manufactured, and you can buy them. You'd have to order one, though.
    I thought it would have been the next logical step for hipsters after fixies became passé.


  • #8
    Finneen
    Closed Accounts Posts: 121 ✭✭Finneen


    Deleted User wrote: »
    You must have been very dissappointed the first time you went into Virgin Megastore.
    No, I was only disappointed!


  • #9
    Avatargh
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 191 ✭✭Avatargh


    Finneen wrote: »
    Is it legal for a shop to use the name Penny farthing cycles for a bicycle shop? What happens if someone asks to buy a penny-farthing there when they ceased production in the 1890s? What's the law on this, if any?

    What?


  • #10
    AndyP
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭AndyP


    Is this the same as going into Dunnes Stores and trying to purchase Richard Dunne?


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