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Specialized, Mountain Cycle disagree on “Stumptown”

February 2nd, 2006 by Mike

Via: BikePortland.org

StumpTown

North Portland based Mountain Cycle and global bike giant Specialized Bicycle Components of Morgan Hill, California are locked in a disagreement that neither side is backing down from. At issue is Mountain Cycle’s use of, “Stumptown” which has been the model name for their cyclocross bike since 2003.

According to Specialized’s legal department, Stumptown is “confusingly similar” to Stumpjumper, a model name Specialized has used since 1981. Specialized is demanding that Mountain Cycle “cease and desist” from using the name immediately and that they remove all current stock and references to the model from their marketing materials.

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One Response to “Specialized, Mountain Cycle disagree on “Stumptown””

  1. 1 trainwreck 

    i am embarassed to say that i bought a specialized kids bike for my son five years ago. i will never buy another product of theirs again. everytime i turn around i hear of some litigation by them. while i believe they should protect their engineering,this little item takes the cake. i think mountain cycle should not knuckle under to this pressure and should also come out with a jump bike called the stumphumper.

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