Did You Get A Postcard?

Originally Posted by Unregistered

all the branches in gp57 received one...everyone's talking about them

GP57 is in Pennsylvania

[Ex Gp01]

Yeah, they are here. I was so excited too. There are a few others in the upper ranks that I hope get one also. I'm sure if the branches are getting them, corporate will hear. Jack still comes in a few days a week also. Maybe one will find him.

Of course, maybe I'll just have to send one when I send my 8 page letter to Andy & Co.

Originally Posted by GP50 sucker

Good, they went to St Louis. I wonder if they went to the corp office, too. Could you imagine how fast Andy's secretary would be fired after she forgets to throw out his card before delivering his mail to him. I would love to see one of those sitting on his desk. Maybe someone in St Louis can stakeout the office and pay one of night cleaners to leave one in his office.

[GP50 sucker]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

all the branches in gp57 received one...everyone's talking about them

This is great. I feel almost as good right now as I did walking out of my exit interview.

[Ex Gp01]

Originally Posted by GP50 sucker

This is great. I feel almost as good right now as I did walking out of my exit interview.

Well, I hope you were "constructive" not "critical"!

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by GP50 sucker

This is great. I feel almost as good right now as I did walking out of my exit interview.

Thanks again for the mailing list; it was a huge help.

[GP50 sucker]

Originally Posted by Ex Gp01

Well, I hope you were "constructive" not "critical"!

I threw my Group Rental Manager under the bus, and it was a big bus with lots of wheels to run him over again and again.

[Ex Gp01]

Originally Posted by GP50 sucker

I threw my Group Rental Manager under the bus, and it was a big bus with lots of wheels to run him over again and again.

But, did you take out the insurance first?!

[Last Word]

So we have bets around the office as to how much longer you'll be up and running. These postcards may help your traffic in the short term but are going to kill you from a legal and copyright infringement standpoint.....stay tuned!

[FailingEnterpriseAdmin]

Originally Posted by Last Word

So we have bets around the office as to how much longer you'll be up and running. These postcards may help your traffic in the short term but are going to kill you from a legal and copyright infringement standpoint.....stay tuned!

You probably mean a trademark infringement, but, regardless, I've think we've got everything covered pretty well here. My attorney and I have worked very hard from the beginning to ensure I haven't violated any of Enterprise's legal rights, and I'm confident that I don't. If you stay within the protective bounds of free speech you've actually got a fairly strong position.

Sure, I'll bet they're pissed, but the right to free speech only really means something when somebody wants to silence you and you can keep on telling the truth.

Someday, if Enterprise gets angry enough, they might start working on all those unethical and probably illegal practices, and then we'd all be better off. At this point, they're just bringing this on themselves because they keep pretending this isn't happening.

"No look, book!" means you get postcards in the mail.

If I were you, I'd take the other side of those bets.

Originally Posted by FailingEnterpriseAdmin

You probably mean a trademark infringement, but, regardless, I've think we've got everything covered pretty well here. My attorney and I have worked very hard from the beginning to ensure I haven't violated any of Enterprise's legal rights, and I'm confident that I don't. If you stay within the protective bounds of free speech you've actually got a fairly strong position.

Sure, I'll bet they're pissed, but the right to free speech only really means something when somebody wants to silence you and you can keep on telling the truth.

Someday, if Enterprise gets angry enough, they might start working on all those unethical and probably illegal practices, and then we'd all be better off. At this point, they're just bringing this on themselves because they keep pretending this isn't happening.

"No look, book!" means you get postcards in the mail.

If I were you, I'd take the other side of those bets.

Certainly, there are a multitude of factors that go into trademark infringement, most notably the likelihood of confusion by the consumer. While you don't sell anything or look to profit by this site, the altered logo you sent out on the fliers, as well as, mailing fliers to each branch could signify a change in interpretation.
First, the similarity in the overall impression of the logo on the postcard is different than the one used on this site. Second, as anyone who reads this site regularly can tell, you do occasionally gets posters who think this site is affiliated with ERAC. Now while you do have sufficient disclaimers, it still is evidence of actual confusion which is a major element of trademark infringement. Third, the intent of the defendent (you) using the mark, again, is factored into the overall evaluation. Similar, even exact, trademarks are permissible in the same local when services offered are sufficiently dissimilar. However, your use of the logo is INTENDED to be closley linked with ERAC so that visitors understand that the criticisms are directed at the rental car company.
I think not offering ad space, nor attempting to profit through paraphanelia is what has kept this site out of legal harm. In addition, I don't think, necessarily, that you are in harms way now. But the reality is, having mailed out the postcards, you actions will most certainly fall under heavy scrutiny from ERAC. So much so that this may be the incident that leads to some protracted legal action between ERAC and yourself. I hope that lawyer was on retainer.