Who owns the phrase “Taco Tuesday”? According to the government’s patent office, the answer in 49 states is Taco John’s, a fast-food chain based in Wyoming. But if Taco Bell had its way, the answer would be everyone.
Thank you for supporting our journalism. This article is available exclusively for our subscribers, who help fund our work at the Chicago Tribune.A customer eats tacos at a restaurant. Taco Bell has launched a campaign to cancel federal trademarks for “Taco Tuesday,” held through much of the country by Taco John’s since 1989.
Taco John’s operates nearly 400 locations nationwide, mostly in the Midwest. Its official website states: “Ever hear of Taco Tuesday? We started it! We even trademarked it. That’s how seriously we take tacos.”“When it comes right down to it, we’re lovers, not fighters, at Taco John’s,” Chief Executive Jim Creel said in a statement Tuesday afternoon. “But when a big, bad bully threatens to take away the mark our forefathers originated so many decades ago, well, that just rings hollow to us.
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Taco Bell files petition to end ‘Taco Tuesday’ trademark held by rival Taco John’s“Taco Tuesday” is more than a meme — it’s held as a federal trademark by the Taco John’s chain in 49 states.
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