1) Delaware North does not, nor have they ever, operated in Delaware (seriously did you do any actual research on the company)

If the NPS sold it to them, it doesn’t matter if it was forced or not. It was a dumb plan. They should have just given them a cost-free license with that comes with the price of purchasing the operating rights of the buildings/park sites.

Not sure I understand your outrage, especially if it’s true that they were “forced to purchase the intellectual property of the properties it operated, including the names, in 1993.” If that’s the case, then they are completely justified in this action.

It was part of the bid requirement. It sounds like when a new company wins the bid, they are required to buy the IP. But it would appear that the NPS left that out of the latest bidding requirements and here we are.

So why should businesses just give away assets that they were forced to buy? There’s nothing particularly litigious about this. I think it’s a knee jerk reaction to anything someone throws a ‘big business ‘ or ‘corporation’ label on. Suddenly, violating their rights is ok because they’re the bad guys.

What the fuck are you talking about?

I’m not getting the outrage. Hotels change names all the time when a new company buys them, usually because they’re named after the company that owns, but sometimes not.

It sounds like a boring contract dispute. One company says they were awarded the rights to the names when they first made the contract. The government disputes this claim. I don’t think it is just to say this is corporate greed if the government is wrong. This claim can be resolved by the courts. The courts will…

This is a frightening peek into our Branded™ and overly litigious future.