So Pizza Hut apparently decided to use the federal courts to accomplish what it could not do in the marketplace - stave off competition from a growing, aggressive rival. And Sanderson was all too willing, it appears, to side with the hometown pizza chain. But in ordering Papa John's to cease and desist its use of its long-running slogan, the federal judge inexplicably ignored the advertising slogans of other pizza chains. So if the Papa John's slogan is deemed unfair or misleading by a federal court, then the slogans of these other pizza chains must be as well. And, if a federal judge can order Papa John's not to use its slogan anymore, then a similar order could be imposed against the other pizza chains or, for that matter, to Hellman's, BMW, Ringling Bros. and numerous other companies.
American consumers are smart enough to recognize hyperbole when they see it.
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