Harrods once sued a shop in New Zealand for using the Harrods name so a town, and all the shops in the town, changed their names to Harrods. Harrods (London) was embarrassed so gave up on the law suit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorohanga
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Harrods once sued a shop in New Zealand for using the Harrods name so a town, and all the shops in the town, changed their names to Harrods. Harrods (London) was embarrassed so gave up on the law suit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otorohanga