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Leonard v. Pepsico, Inc., 88 F. Supp. 2d 116, (S.D.N.Y. 1999), aff'd 210 F.3d 88 (2d Cir. 2000), more widely known as the Pepsi Points case, is an American contract law case regarding offer and acceptance. The case was brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1999; its judgment was written by Kimba Wood.
In August 1999, judge Kimba Wood ruled in favor of PepsiCo with the argument that "[n]o objective person could reasonably have concluded that the commercial actually offered consumers a Harrier jet". [6] The company later updated their commercial to increase the number of Pepsi Points required for the jet from seven million to 700 million. [2]
Pepsi Stuff was a major loyalty program launched by PepsiCo, first in North America on March 28, 1996 [1] and then around the world, [citation needed] featuring premiums — such as T-shirts, hats, denim and leather jackets, bags, and mountain bikes [1] — that could be purchased with Pepsi Points through the Pepsi Stuff Catalog or online.
A new Netflix documentary recounts John Leonard's audacious attempt to force Pepsi to hand over a Harrier jet it playfully advertised in a promotion. Pepsi once offered a fighter jet as a joke ...
ET has the exclusive trailer for Pepsi, Where's My Jet?, which chronicles a teenager's battle with the soda brand over a sweepstakes promising one ambitious consumer the chance to win a Harrier ...
Leonard’s claims were rejected by the court, and though Pepsi continued to air the commercial, the company added a “Just Kidding” disclaimer to the ad and upped the cost of the Harrier Jet ...
The McDonnell Douglas (now Boeing) AV-8B Harrier II is a single-engine ground-attack aircraft that constitutes the second generation of the Harrier family, capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL). The aircraft is primarily employed on light attack or multi-role missions, ranging from close air support of ground troops to armed ...
In the lawsuit-happy U.S., ... a Pepsi-branded Harrier jet. A business student who read the fine print discovered that he could buy Pepsi points, and persuaded investors to give him $700,000 ...