Shouldn't this be addressed to the Board of Directors? In all this fray, I have yet to see any acknowledgement that Mr Nielsen reports to any higher authority, but he does. Ultimately, it's the board's responsibility for the direction Backcountry.com took as a business.
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Meg Schultz
6 years ago
Backcountry for all!
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Anonymous
6 years ago
I can not believe that this is even an issue. This is like trying to trademark the word coffee or water. In the past I have purchased items from backcountry.com and will make sure to support other companies in the future. The greed of companies like this is what is wrong with our country. The competition and trying to step on others who in no way are meaning any harm to them. At least Backcountry.com has showed us their true values. I have heard things from former employees that made me question their values and this just shows me those rumors were true. This was the final straw and I will no longer be supporting Backcountry.com.
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Ali Quinn
6 years ago
Backcountry is freedom for me. Such a shame to see it being used for business gains....
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Get over yourselves, you were not that good of a company in the first place and have lost any potential future business you would have had frpm me. You are what is wrong with corporate America.
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Pierre-Yves Parent
6 years ago
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Bryan Swaffield
6 years ago
Absolutely disgusting, unnecessary, and rude course of action by backcountry, bullying other small businesses. Completely out of line move. As much as I love outdoor gear at good pricing, backcountry.com is not a company I can support any longer after making that kind of decision.
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Carl
6 years ago
As an outdoor enthusiast I have bought thousands of dollars worth of gear from backcountry.com. I can absolutely understand wanting to create your own brand of gear, but trademarking a common used term (especially in the outdoor industry) is a terrible idea for a trademark, and as you can see from the outrage from the community, it's not publicly supported. I own a trademark myself, so I understand exactly what it is for, and a "mark" is for distinguishing between brands. When it's infringed, then you have to take legal action. What you did by trademarking all already widely used word in this business, is to try to claim it for yourself, and then stop everyone else from using it. That's just bad business, and unethical. You have unnecessarily financially hurt many individuals, families, and small businesses over trying to lay claim to a word that we all associate with the outdoors. It's because of those actions, that I have decided to boycott buying from you. I cannot condone or support that kind of behavior... Especially in the outdoor community. We care about things very passionately. Until you make a formal apology to every single company, stop trying to trademark the word backcountry, and pay reparations for all the legal expenses that the other companies had to pay (including the cost of rebranding), I'm have to say that I will never support you business again. But if you are willing to own up to your mistake, and make EVERYTHING right, I would be willing to give you another chance. Own your mistake. Make it better. Please? I know you guys are better than this!!! Cheers
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Paul Guillien
6 years ago
Backcountry.com needs to do better. Other companies should be able to use the common word Backcountry to describe their products or businesses.
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Jackson
6 years ago
No one owns the backcountry!
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Richard A Hesslein
6 years ago
They (backcountry.com) need to be an example for their bullying that deserves pain for them as they have erroneously dealt to others over a word they CERTAINLY can not own!
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Carol Van Dyke
6 years ago
Backcountry is an experience not a trademark.
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James Harrison
6 years ago
CEO should also resign. Immediately.
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Chester Howell
6 years ago
Just because you could doesn't mean you should.
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Shannon Harris
6 years ago
Stop corporate bullying!
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Eric Nelson
6 years ago
Backcountrydotcom took food off the tables, took lift tickets away from family's budgets, BANKRUPTED MANY SMALL BUSINESSES-WHICH ARE PEOPLE...7 lawsuits against Backcountry Denim!!! Sued Backcountry Babes who not only get more women inthe the backcountry AND to your WEBSITE....but they are in the business of SAVING LIVES AND YOU SUED THEM.
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Alex Kotarski
6 years ago
Release the trademark and make amends with the organizations you have wronged.
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Dabareh Vowell
6 years ago
There is still right and wrong, even though something wrong is legal.
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James Abbott
6 years ago
Picking on small companies that do not compete with you in any arena - such as an independent coffee company - and causing them extensive legal and other fees when your bullying tactics force them to change their branding says a lot about you, and your company. I refuse to do business with bullies.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
This is a common term that should not allow to have patents on. “ The National Park Service (NPS) generally uses the term "backcountry" to refer to "primitive, undeveloped portions of parks." Developments within backcountry areas are generally limited to trails, unpaved roads, and administrative facilities associated with dispersed recreational use. Dispersed recreational use is the most prevalent human use in backcountry areas, although research activities may also occur.” — Wikipedia
Shouldn't this be addressed to the Board of Directors? In all this fray, I have yet to see any acknowledgement that Mr Nielsen reports to any higher authority, but he does. Ultimately, it's the board's responsibility for the direction Backcountry.com took as a business.
Backcountry for all!
I can not believe that this is even an issue. This is like trying to trademark the word coffee or water. In the past I have purchased items from backcountry.com and will make sure to support other companies in the future. The greed of companies like this is what is wrong with our country. The competition and trying to step on others who in no way are meaning any harm to them. At least Backcountry.com has showed us their true values. I have heard things from former employees that made me question their values and this just shows me those rumors were true. This was the final straw and I will no longer be supporting Backcountry.com.
Backcountry is freedom for me. Such a shame to see it being used for business gains....
Get over yourselves, you were not that good of a company in the first place and have lost any potential future business you would have had frpm me. You are what is wrong with corporate America.
Absolutely disgusting, unnecessary, and rude course of action by backcountry, bullying other small businesses. Completely out of line move. As much as I love outdoor gear at good pricing, backcountry.com is not a company I can support any longer after making that kind of decision.
As an outdoor enthusiast I have bought thousands of dollars worth of gear from backcountry.com. I can absolutely understand wanting to create your own brand of gear, but trademarking a common used term (especially in the outdoor industry) is a terrible idea for a trademark, and as you can see from the outrage from the community, it's not publicly supported. I own a trademark myself, so I understand exactly what it is for, and a "mark" is for distinguishing between brands. When it's infringed, then you have to take legal action. What you did by trademarking all already widely used word in this business, is to try to claim it for yourself, and then stop everyone else from using it. That's just bad business, and unethical. You have unnecessarily financially hurt many individuals, families, and small businesses over trying to lay claim to a word that we all associate with the outdoors. It's because of those actions, that I have decided to boycott buying from you. I cannot condone or support that kind of behavior... Especially in the outdoor community. We care about things very passionately. Until you make a formal apology to every single company, stop trying to trademark the word backcountry, and pay reparations for all the legal expenses that the other companies had to pay (including the cost of rebranding), I'm have to say that I will never support you business again. But if you are willing to own up to your mistake, and make EVERYTHING right, I would be willing to give you another chance. Own your mistake. Make it better. Please? I know you guys are better than this!!! Cheers
Backcountry.com needs to do better. Other companies should be able to use the common word Backcountry to describe their products or businesses.
No one owns the backcountry!
They (backcountry.com) need to be an example for their bullying that deserves pain for them as they have erroneously dealt to others over a word they CERTAINLY can not own!
Backcountry is an experience not a trademark.
CEO should also resign. Immediately.
Just because you could doesn't mean you should.
Stop corporate bullying!
Backcountrydotcom took food off the tables, took lift tickets away from family's budgets, BANKRUPTED MANY SMALL BUSINESSES-WHICH ARE PEOPLE...7 lawsuits against Backcountry Denim!!! Sued Backcountry Babes who not only get more women inthe the backcountry AND to your WEBSITE....but they are in the business of SAVING LIVES AND YOU SUED THEM.
Release the trademark and make amends with the organizations you have wronged.
There is still right and wrong, even though something wrong is legal.
Picking on small companies that do not compete with you in any arena - such as an independent coffee company - and causing them extensive legal and other fees when your bullying tactics force them to change their branding says a lot about you, and your company. I refuse to do business with bullies.
This is a common term that should not allow to have patents on. “ The National Park Service (NPS) generally uses the term "backcountry" to refer to "primitive, undeveloped portions of parks." Developments within backcountry areas are generally limited to trails, unpaved roads, and administrative facilities associated with dispersed recreational use. Dispersed recreational use is the most prevalent human use in backcountry areas, although research activities may also occur.” — Wikipedia