Stealing my slogan?

[krebscout]

So I have a little business. My business was once featured on a fairly prominent website, which got me a lot of new customers.

Today, on that same website, I see somebody else featured offering the exact same service. Which is unfortunate for me, but other people can have similar ideas, that's understandable. Except when I go to their website, I see my slogan plastered across the top.

Why would anyone ever think it's a good idea to copy a business, advertise that business in the same venue, AND steal the slogan?

This is more venting than anything else. Thanks for listening.

[Katya]

[Whistler]

hmmm... I'd consider e-mailing them and asking them to change their slogan, but yeah, that is pretty stinky of them.

[bobtheenchantedone]

Aw, man! I'm sorry. I hate it when that happens. I haven't had anyone copy our slogan yet, though it isn't widely known. I do have people whose entire shops are based around products they copied from us, though.

[wired]

Depending on the uniqueness of the slogan, how long you've used it, etc. you could have an intellectual property claim. You might consider sending a cease and desist if you think it's worth it.

[krebscout]

Thanks for the sympathy, guys. Turns out the lady's a BYUI grad, and she's never heard of my company before. She didn't even "invent" the slogan - her web designer did. So whether her web designer was copying me or not, well, I guess it's possible she came up with the exact same slogan I did.

But I talked to the lady, she was very nice, and she's taking the slogan down. So at least I can feel a little vindicated.

[Whistler]

yeah. People on the internet are humans! They can sometimes be reasoned with.