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Old Feb 19, 2023 | 7:31 pm
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Originally Posted by futuramadramallama
Now that AS can't shed the Virgin bit, are they permitted to utilize it as they see fit? I don't know how restrictive the licensing agreement was, but can they start a new side-business in a field Virgin Brands doesn't already operate in (especially within America)? An ice cream shop? A theme park? A website selling Virgin America memorabilia? It probably isn't worth their time, or the distraction, but [as purely hypothetical conjecture] they might as well get something out of their 8 million a year.
IANAL, but I would be shocked if the license Virgin America / Alaska acquired wasn’t restricted to a very narrow industry. Airline operations.
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