In-N-Out is a beloved fast food chain, but the corporation wasn’t pleased with a football team’s latest stunt.
Lincoln High School’s football team, located in Northern California, was forced to remove its viral media day photo shoot from the internet after it was contacted by a member of the In-N-Out trademark team.
The Fighting Zebras — who are located in the northeast corner of the Sacramento metro area — hosted its annual media day at a local In-N-Out in Lincoln. The football team posted an entire photo gallery and Instagram reel of behind-the-scenes footage from the photoshoot.
Players posed as if they were handing out orders at the drive-thru window or taking someone’s order at the register inside. The photo shoot was meant to be a representation of how meaningful the In-N-Out is for the football team as the fast food chain is a staple hangout spot for the program.
The location opened its doors early and accommodated the request by the football team because of the local manager.
“The history of Fighting Zebras and In n Out runs deep,” the caption read on the since-deleted Instagram post. “… BIG thank you to Andrew from In n Out for allowing some animal style players to bring the herd to our favorite stomping grounds.”
Glenn Silva was the photographer behind the viral shoot and spoke with SFGATE about the incident. He received an email requesting for the content from Lincoln football team’s media day at In-N-Out be taken down.
“In-N-Out Burger takes the protection of its brand, trademarks, and trade dress very seriously,” the email reviewed by SFGATE stated. “The unauthorized use of our restaurant premises, signage, logos, or any other proprietary elements in your content may constitute a violation of our intellectual property rights.”
One of Silva’s videos reaches over 600,000 views and garnered approximately 26,100 likes. But it was deleted despite the photographer’s request for In-N-Out to retroactively approve the shoot.
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