Working with reality TV chef Gordon Ramsay, Hampden business owner apologizes over flap
By Richard Gorelick
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com
After almost a year of simmering controversy, Cafe Hon owner Denise Whiting said Monday that she will relinquish her "Hon" trademark. "I'll take it off the register," she said. "It was never mine to have in the first place."
Her trademark announcement, which she made on a morning radio program with reality TV chef Gordon Ramsay, was wrapped in an apology. "I am sorry for the animosity and the hatred and everything that trademarking a word has done," Whiting said. "Trademarking the word has not only almost killed me but has just about killed the business."
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-11-07/entertainment/bs-ae-hon-trademark-renounce-20111107_1_hon-trademark-hampden-tv-chef-gordon-ramsay
By Richard Gorelick
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com
After almost a year of simmering controversy, Cafe Hon owner Denise Whiting said Monday that she will relinquish her "Hon" trademark. "I'll take it off the register," she said. "It was never mine to have in the first place."
Her trademark announcement, which she made on a morning radio program with reality TV chef Gordon Ramsay, was wrapped in an apology. "I am sorry for the animosity and the hatred and everything that trademarking a word has done," Whiting said. "Trademarking the word has not only almost killed me but has just about killed the business."
Source: http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-11-07/entertainment/bs-ae-hon-trademark-renounce-20111107_1_hon-trademark-hampden-tv-chef-gordon-ramsay
