NORTH ATTLEBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — A Massachusetts coffee emporium owners says he perceived a cease-and-desist minute from Dunkin’ Donuts claiming heading transgression for riffing on a chain’s catchphrase.
Steve Copoulos tells a Sun Chronicle (http://bit.ly/2slf5yU ) he combined window art reading “North now runs on Mike’s” on his Mike’s Coffee emporium in North Attleborough.
While he approaching a few laughs from customers, Copoulos says he was astounded to find a minute from a Canton, Massachusetts-based coffee emporium sequence claiming he was infringing on their “America Runs on Dunkin’” aphorism and Copoulos’ movement pragmatic an affiliation.
Copoulos says he wants to be a “exact opposite” of a corporate coffee sequence and has given erased a sign.
Dunkin’ Donuts, in a statement, pronounced it wrote a letter, “In support of the authorised rights underneath heading law and in support of the franchisees.”