Swingers Golf Victoria threatened with legal action to change name by multi-million dollar UK business, Swingers Crazy Golf
Tucked away in downtown Victoria is a virtual golf green known as Swingers Golf Victoria.“We have a staff of ten people here. It is a small, small business,” Hamilton said.Both businesses were gaining traction, but then he received an email.
“We were approached by a company in London, UK. They sent us a cease and desist saying they owned the name of ‘Swingers’, and anything related to golf,” Hamilton said. Written by the Canadian law firm, Cassels Brock & Blackwell, representing the London-based company, “Swingers Crazy Golf”, it details how Hamilton’s use of the name “Swingers” in his business is unauthorized and unacceptable.
It also has a list of demands, including that he deliver any and all products in his possession with “Swingers” written on it.“They literally want the shirt off my back, is what they are saying,” Hamilton said.An investment firm worth more than $15 billion backed its expansion into the United States.Sign up for the CHEK Now daily email newsletter to get breaking news and the day's top stories sent to your email.“We would just like to say that we’re not a threat to you. You’re a big company.
In 2021, the Scotch Whiskey Association sued a Central Saanich distillery, claiming Macaloney Caledonian Whiskey’s branding misled customers into thinking their award-winning whiskies originated in Scotland.
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