Six Flags sues Days Inn Eureka over use of name. (St. Louis Post Distpatch)

I thought that I would stay on the theme of topic; copyrights, trademarks, and brands. Along with poor ratings on an online travel site, the Days Inn in Eureka is also facing a federal lawsuit. Six Flags Inc. is suing the Days Inn for trademark infringement. The hotel was billing itself as, "The Days Inn Eureka Six Flags. "

Through a court order the hotel is barred from using Six Flags' name in any way in which brings people to believe that there are any associations between the two to be removed. With the hotel itself, they must remove all ads, trinkets and the like that use the name. The hotel set a mile away from the Six Flags Park was said to have a reason for the use of the name. "A man who identified himself as S.T. Shah and the manager of the hotel, said in a phone interview that Gateway Hotel used Six Flags name only as a way to identify its location, not to imply it ws affiliated with the theme park." (Deere)

I was just thinking about our discussion in class over Mickey Mouse. It is very interesting how quickly infringement on copyrights can come out, and how fast it will got to federal court.