Medieval Times Dinner Theater's new union-busting tactic? Claiming "trademark infringement"

[Gyrofrog]

@Adrian_Hillier

the early British political movement

That’s what I was thinking of… but I only knew about it because of Slade the Leveller.

[smulder]

@Gyrofrog

how about “The Levellers”

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[TripleE]

Ironically, actual medieval people didn’t work nearly as often as modern service workers.

[KarlS]

@Doctor_Faustus

However, remember that Medieval Times is based on the Spanish Middle Ages, not on England.

Ok, I only know of that chain because it seems to be rather popular with movie and TV characters. I had no idea the lore was that specific.

Then again I see that their feast pretty much completes the new world crop bingo. Even for the theme park version of the middle ages that seems like an odd choice.

[the_borderer]

@muser

I don’t know about the second two cases you mentioned but I’m pretty sure in the first two, Apple and Disney would have argued they are in the music business.

System 7 (the band) predates the iPod by over a decade, but that isn’t the reason anyway. They had to change their name to 777 in the US because of another band with the same name, not Apple.

[paulzero]

sounds like some cuts may have to be made…