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January 25, 2001, 4:39pm
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I read on the internet that Skippy Peanut Butter stole
Allegedly, some evil guys from Best Foods stole the
It sounds somewhat outlandish, nevertheless, there were
Is there truth to this story?
Geez. The daughter of the guy who created the Skippy character says her father’s creation was stolen by the Evil Corporate Conglomerate, and she’s using the Internet to sound the rallying cry for lovers of peanut butter justice everywhere.
Eh, evidently Ms. Tibbetts has been slapped with a court order making her remove certain remarks from her website.http://www.skippy-scam.org/order090799/cpc-order090799.html
Immediately after the release of this web site, CPC filed a motion in court to silence Joan Crosby Tibbetts from publishing the true story of Skippy. Mrs. Tibbetts is in need of your support to help protect the property rights of Skippy that her father lived and died to preserve. Your support of Skippy is very much appreciated!
“Everybody’s picking on me! Join my crusade!” Sheesh. :rolleyes:
My father, the political prisoner!"
“It’s all a conspiracy! I was only a simple housewife!”http://www.skippy.com/skippy11.html
Here’s Best Foods’ side of it.http://www.bestfoods.com/skippy_history_tibbetts.shtml
For many years, Joan Crosby Tibbetts, the president of a company called Skippy, Inc., has misrepresented the respective rights of her company and Bestfoods concerning ownership of the SKIPPY trademark. While Skippy, Inc. owns the rights to the mark for dolls and comic strips, Bestfoods’ rights in the SKIPPY mark for peanut butter and other food products have been repeatedly affirmed by both the U.S. Federal courts and U.S. Trademark Office in proceedings between Bestfoods and Skippy, Inc.
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January 25, 2001, 5:34pm
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*Originally posted by Duck Duck Goose *http://www.skippy-scam.org/order090799/cpc-order090799.html
Immediately after the release of this web site, CPC filed a motion in court to silence Joan Crosby Tibbetts from publishing the true story of Skippy. Mrs. Tibbetts is in need of your support to help protect the property rights of Skippy that her father lived and died to preserve. Your support of Skippy is very much appreciated!
“Everybody’s picking on me! Join my crusade!” Sheesh. :rolleyes:
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But Tibbetts won that. She got the order overturned:
That’s part of what made me wonder if there were some