Talk:Iceland v Iceland Foods Ltd

Requested move 27 October 2022

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The result of the move request was: not moved.  Arbitrarily0  ( talk ) 00:07, 4 November 2022 (UTC)

Iceland v Iceland Foods Ltd → Iceland Foods naming dispute – This is about a general naming dispute between the country and the supermarket chain, rather than a specific legal case called Iceland v Iceland Foods Ltd as the current title may suggest.

I'm aware that the proposed title is not ideal, as a reader unaware of the topic may think the store is called 'Iceland Foods' rather than just 'Iceland', but Iceland naming dispute does make it seem like we're talking about the country. I'm open to alternatives. – QueenofBithynia (talk) 18:55, 27 October 2022 (UTC) The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.
 * Oppose - I think the current title is clearer, in particular making it obvious that the dispute isn't just about Iceland Foods, but concerns Iceland the country too. The OP has been blocked as a sock too, so I'd suggest putting this one to bed. &mdash; Amakuru (talk) 22:33, 3 November 2022 (UTC)

Trademarks
Don't trademarks only apply to the area of business that the company is in? IE, I could start "McDonald's Cars Ltd", selling cars, and the burger company would have no legal right to stop me? So as long as nobody starts a frozen food company called "Iceland" in Iceland, shouldn't it be alright? What have Iceland, the bargain budget sausage-slingers, attempted to do to Icelandic companies? I'd love to see an example of legal action they've tried to take, or better, a complete list, perhaps with relevant quotes from the judges' summing up.

The founder / owner / I dunno of Iceland wrote his autobiography a few years ago. No bookshops were interested so he had it printed himself and put on the shelves at Iceland. Because that's just what you fancy when you're after low-quality meat and suspicious vols-au-vent. Some dickhead's self-aggrandising "I did it my way", about the travails of running a supermarket change. Fab! He should've sued the entire country of Iceland, and demanded ownership of all of it. At least it would've made people interested. Well, a bit.

The unsold books now continue to serve the company as recycled lowest-grade egg-box cardboard. That's much better than a country full of elves and vikings. And Moomins.

84.68.176.232 (talk) 23:59, 13 January 2023 (UTC)