Boycott Mt Bohemia Ski Resort until the Mount Bohemia Ski Resorts lawyers leave local businesses alone! Mount Bohemia is a geologic formation, (a mountain), that overlooks the lake and community of Lac La Belle, Michigan. The recent history of this mountain’s name can be traced back to the 1860s, when the Mount Bohemia mining company prospected for copper minerals on and in its slopes. For at least the past 40-years, many local businesses, including restaurants and gift shops, have used the name and likeness of Mount Bohemia, (not the ski resort), to sell novelty T-shirts, Sweatshirts, etc… to tourists and locals, alike. Now come the owner(s)/operator(s) of the Mount Bohemia Ski Resort, seeking to trademark the iconic, geologic formation, known as Mount Bohemia; and, in doing so, have sued Troy and Cathy Westcott, seeking to block them from selling any novelty T-shirts, Sweatshirts, or other gift shop items that mention the name or depict the likeness of this well-established, Keweenaw County, geologic formation. Troy and Cathy’s gift shop items and apparel have never used the likeness nor the logo of the Mount Bohemia Ski Resort. As previously-mentioned, the Lac La Belle Lodge, is a true “Mom and Pop” business that has been a part of the Lac La Belle Community, for over 80-years. And, while the geologic formation known for centuries as Mount Bohemia, has been a part of the Keweenaw Peninsula for millennia, the Mount Bohemia Ski Resort is a relative newcomer to the Lac La Belle Community. Unfortunately, for Troy and Cathy Westcott, the pockets of the owner(s)/operator(s) of the Mount Bohemia Ski Resort are very deep, indeed; and, as such, can lay siege, (legally-speaking), to the limited resources of a “Mom and Pop” business - seeking, through attrition, to grind Troy and Cathy into legal submission. Boycott Mount Bohemia Ski Resort is in no way affiliated with Troy and Cathy Westcott. This page stands with and supports the Westcott family, the owners of the Lac La Belle Lodge / Bear Belly Pit Stop.
