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There was a band called Green Jello that used the name for a decade until one of their songs became popular, then Kraft Foods sent them a C&D for trademark infringement and they had to change their name to Green Jelly.


There's a bagel shop in NYC that used to be called "F Line Bagels" but changed to "Line Bagels" to satisfy the transit authority. One could probably populate a small town with all the world's various proper nouns (bagel shops, bands, etc) that had to be changed after a C&D. That would be quite fun!


They're still around. I'm seeing them Thursday.


Video mentioned:

https://youtu.be/Gtffv9bpB-U

They had a studio down on Vermont or something in LA and had to change the mural on the building to update the name.




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