Steve Posted January 15, 2008 Report Share Posted January 15, 2008 Towns feud over claim to be nation's â?? icebox â?? Colorado, Minnesota municipalities feud over trademark The Associated Press updated 8:42 a.m. PT, Mon., Jan. 14, 2008 FRASER, Colo. - A feud between two cities over who owns the trademark "Icebox of the Nation" is heating up. Fraser Town Manager Jeff Durbin said the Minnesota town of International Falls has replied to a lawsuit filed by Fraser with a countersuit. Fraser officials say their town has used the phrase since 1956, and officials in International Falls say they have used it since 1948. The dueling lawsuits ask city officials to prove it. The two chilly municipalities fought an earlier cold war over the motto decades ago that ended in 1986 with Fraser giving up its "official" claim to the trademark in exchange for $2,000 from International Falls. But the Minnesota city last year acknowledged it had inadvertently failed to renew its federal trademark back in 1996, even while keeping a state trademark up to date. That allowed Fraser to file its own application... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faustian Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Wow, life must be slow there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USVirgin Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Which is colder? Santa Cruz wishes that were the question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torneyboy Posted January 16, 2008 Report Share Posted January 16, 2008 Sure sounds like it ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sayjann Posted January 17, 2008 Report Share Posted January 17, 2008 i have experienced what i thought was cold. was in Minnesota April last Year and with the wind chill factor it was -30. may not be cold to some but to me it was unbearable. America is a silly Country as 3 Days later it was +100......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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