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Someone can successfully sue Subway for advertising a footlong sub that isn't always 12"...but Tesla and FSD...slapping fine print lets them off the hook...
by fma 6y ago
Someone can successfully sue Subway for advertising a footlong sub that isn't always 12"...but Tesla and FSD...slapping fine print lets them off the hook...
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThat lawsuit wasn't successful, partially because Subway's use of the term "footlong" is not supposed to be taken as literally a foot long.
- totalZero 6y agoI invite anyone who is interested in learning about the arguments, as I was, to check out this article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2016/02/29/why-the-subway-footlong-lawsuits-fell-short/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/ericgoldman/2016/02/29/why-the-...
- azinman2 6y agoI’m shocked they even settled. Probably they felt it was the cheapest action, but such a lawsuit feels quite predatory. An important legal concept is harms done, and as this Forbes article points out, there really weren’t any material harms done. Now Tesla on the other hand, absolutely falls into the realm of material harms done…
- boomboomsubban 6y agoThe settlement was later thrown out I think, I have no idea why they agreed to it either https://www.reuters.com/article/us-subway-decision-footlong-idUSKCN1B52H6 https://www.reuters.com/article/us-subway-decision-footlong-...
- fma 6y agoWow I knew they settled and to me that's "successful". I didn't realize the settlement was thrown out...or that a settlement can even be thrown out!
- boomboomsubban 6y agoI also have no idea who appeals it to get a settlement reviewed.
- Dylan16807 6y agoWhat? Of course it is! That's why the bread is almost exactly a foot. It's not supposed to be precise down to the millimeter, but it's quite literal.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoNo, it is the name of Subway's trademark(pending?) sandwich. Logic has no place in this conversation.
- Dylan16807 6y agoAre you telling me it's a coincidence or are you doing a bit? If you're making fun of the idea, I still don't get it, because it's not like subway was trying to make them not be 12 inches.
- boomboomsubban 6y agoI am accurately describing Subway's legal position when challenged on the length of their footlong sandwiches. A legalese definition of footlong.
- Dylan16807 6y agoIt's blatantly not Subway's actual position, though. When did they make that claim, since it's not in either of the linked articles as far as I can tell?
- boomboomsubban 6y agohttps://nypost.com/2013/01/19/subway-explains-shortness-of-their-footlong-sandwiches-its-just-the-name-of-the-sub/ https://nypost.com/2013/01/19/subway-explains-shortness-of-t...
- Dylan16807 6y ago
- slavik81 6y agoThey're labeled as 6" and 12" on the menu. What does 12" mean if not twelve inches?
- boomboomsubban 6y agoJudging by their website, the menu labels them "six inch" and "footlong."
- slavik81 6y agoThis is the menu I remember seeing in person: http://subwayniagara.com/images/2017-NOV-MENU-SIGNATURE.jpg http://subwayniagara.com/images/2017-NOV-MENU-SIGNATURE.jpg
- boomboomsubban 6y agoI'm unsure if that's Canadian labeling requirements or that local stores choice, but I checked their US official online menu before my reply.