{"id":807145,"date":"2026-08-08T19:40:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/807145\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T19:40:12","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T19:40:12","slug":"buc-ees-dodges-john-oliver-to-sue-another-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/807145\/","title":{"rendered":"Buc-ee\u2019s dodges John Oliver to sue another small business"},"content":{"rendered":"

Buc-ee\u2019s became something of a viral<\/a> sensation<\/a> during the World Cup<\/a>, but it has a troubling history of suing small gas stations and convenience stores. On a recent episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver literally begged<\/a> the company to sue him for selling merch featuring his squirrel mascot, Mr. Nutterbutter, with branding that reads \u201cBuc-Off.\u201d But Buc-ee\u2019s has so far declined to take the bait<\/a>, instead targeting yet another small business that lacks the deep pockets and legal team of HBO.<\/p>\n

According to WDTN<\/a>, an NBC affiliate in Miami Valley, Ohio, Buc-ee\u2019s opened its first locations in the state earlier this year. And now it\u2019s targeting established local businesses through trademark suits. Beaver\u2019s Mini Mart in Beavercreek has been a staple of the city for \u201cdecades.\u201d But Buc-ee\u2019s is claiming that this long-running store\u2019s beaver logo could confuse customers. WDTN says:<\/p>\n

In the suit, filed days ago, Buc-ee\u2019s alleges that the Mini Mart\u2019s cartoon beaver mascot is too similar to their own, with its \u201cwide eyes and a smile\u201d that also \u201cuses red as a predominant color,\u201d and could cause confusion.<\/p>\n

Oliver and Mr. Nutterbutter have already fended off one lawsuit, with Bob Murray<\/a>, a mining executive, having unsuccessfully sued for defamation following a 2017 episode about the coal industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Buc-ee\u2019s became something of a viral sensation during the World Cup, but it has a troubling history of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[28,690,88,9962,9746,3,1343,6703],"class_list":["post-807145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-culture","tag-entertainment","tag-internet-culture","tag-law","tag-news","tag-policy","tag-tv-shows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}