Comments on: POLITICO Threatens to Sue Me http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/ From the Right side of Campus Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:21:35 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Rick Pearlstein http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-17488 Rick Pearlstein Fri, 27 Nov 2009 20:57:07 +0000 http://thecollegepolitico.com/?p=1753#comment-17488 Greetings, My name is Rick Pearlstein and I host the Freedom & Liberty Show on blogtalkradio.com. I just ran across your story and will be talking about it on my show today, 27 NOV 09 at 4:00 Central. As a matter of fact I'll be leading with it. I'm sick and tired of corporations using the force and violence of government to restrict competition. Especially when in your case it's not even competition, it's just picking on someone. How truly disgusting. You have my support man. If you could please send me a copy of the letter I would be happy to read that on the air as well. Please keep me informed with updates as you can. In Freedom, Rick Pearlstein Greetings,

My name is Rick Pearlstein and I host the Freedom & Liberty Show on blogtalkradio.com. I just ran across your story and will be talking about it on my show today, 27 NOV 09 at 4:00 Central. As a matter of fact I’ll be leading with it.

I’m sick and tired of corporations using the force and violence of government to restrict competition. Especially when in your case it’s not even competition, it’s just picking on someone. How truly disgusting.

You have my support man. If you could please send me a copy of the letter I would be happy to read that on the air as well.

Please keep me informed with updates as you can.

In Freedom,

Rick Pearlstein

]]> By: headchip http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-16196 headchip Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:19:25 +0000 http://thecollegepolitico.com/?p=1753#comment-16196 It just cost me nearly $70,000 to fight a trademark suit for a mark that I had used in the past, but got picked up by third party websites. The case was eventually dimissed becuase of statute of limitations. However, I can tell you that the courts favor trademark holders... the attitude of the courts is that the Internet is a sea of trademark violators and that owners need all the help that they can get. Campus and College are probably too close for comfort. Hire an attorney immediately! Don't reply or negotiate without one. I tried and it cost 70K. Good luck. It just cost me nearly $70,000 to fight a trademark suit for a mark that I had used in the past, but got picked up by third party websites. The case was eventually dimissed becuase of statute of limitations. However, I can tell you that the courts favor trademark holders… the attitude of the courts is that the Internet is a sea of trademark violators and that owners need all the help that they can get. Campus and College are probably too close for comfort. Hire an attorney immediately! Don’t reply or negotiate without one. I tried and it cost 70K. Good luck.

]]> By: Obama Plays Race Card, Links Health Care To Civil Rights : Stop The ACLU http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-15559 Obama Plays Race Card, Links Health Care To Civil Rights : Stop The ACLU Sun, 27 Sep 2009 13:59:03 +0000 http://thecollegepolitico.com/?p=1753#comment-15559 [...] yes, I know, we are supposed to be boycotting The Politico for their idiotic lawsuit threat against The College Politico, but, they are the only one with the complete story and the information to match it up (others have [...]

[...] yes, I know, we are supposed to be boycotting The Politico for their idiotic lawsuit threat against The College Politico, but, they are the only one with the complete story and the information to match it up (others have [...]

]]> By: Crafty Hunter http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-15297 Crafty Hunter Sat, 19 Sep 2009 15:29:29 +0000 http://thecollegepolitico.com/?p=1753#comment-15297 I'd echo the recommendation, seen here and elsewhere, to post a clearly visible disclaimer that The College Politico is unaffiliated with the news site Politico. Make it simple and direct. It can only help to establish good faith, should this actually go to court. I'm not optimistic about the outcome, for the reason I already gave, but if it means that much to you, then you owe it to yourself to at least fight for the domain name with pro bono representation if you can find it, letting the people at Politico make themselves look like grinning, greedy goons along the way. Just don't let it consume your life financially. It's not worth it. There's an old saying about picking your battles. If nothing else, you can get a new domain name and title, then perpetually keep in plain sight a notice that the site used to be called The College Politico before nasty trolls used the courts to steal the domain name for it. Consult legal representation first before saying anything like that *before* the legal battle is concluded, though! I agree entirely with Beldar over at Patterico on the value of clenched-teeth politeness for now. I’d echo the recommendation, seen here and elsewhere, to post a clearly visible disclaimer that The College Politico is unaffiliated with the news site Politico. Make it simple and direct. It can only help to establish good faith, should this actually go to court. I’m not optimistic about the outcome, for the reason I already gave, but if it means that much to you, then you owe it to yourself to at least fight for the domain name with pro bono representation if you can find it, letting the people at Politico make themselves look like grinning, greedy goons along the way.

Just don’t let it consume your life financially. It’s not worth it. There’s an old saying about picking your battles. If nothing else, you can get a new domain name and title, then perpetually keep in plain sight a notice that the site used to be called The College Politico before nasty trolls used the courts to steal the domain name for it. Consult legal representation first before saying anything like that *before* the legal battle is concluded, though! I agree entirely with Beldar over at Patterico on the value of clenched-teeth politeness for now.

]]> By: Break the Terror (Evan) http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-15285 Break the Terror (Evan) Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:33:28 +0000 http://thecollegepolitico.com/?p=1753#comment-15285 Wow. Well, I come from across the proverbial aisle as a friend of the Submitted to a Candid World blog, and I want to extend my support. Fight this if you can. It might be different (emphasis on "might") if Politico was really more than a compendium of self-important hackery...but then again, if they were more than that, they probably wouldn't be doing this, so screw them. Fight the good fight, if ya can. Wow.

Well, I come from across the proverbial aisle as a friend of the Submitted to a Candid World blog, and I want to extend my support. Fight this if you can. It might be different (emphasis on “might”) if Politico was really more than a compendium of self-important hackery…but then again, if they were more than that, they probably wouldn’t be doing this, so screw them.

Fight the good fight, if ya can.

]]> By: Another Reason to Hate Politico: Frivolous Threats of Litigation « Submitted to a Candid World http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-15265 Another Reason to Hate Politico: Frivolous Threats of Litigation « Submitted to a Candid World Fri, 18 Sep 2009 12:42:59 +0000 http://thecollegepolitico.com/?p=1753#comment-15265 [...] it could become the sole arbiter of the term, and punish all who use it without attribution — starting with our friend, “The College [...]

[...] it could become the sole arbiter of the term, and punish all who use it without attribution — starting with our friend, “The College [...]

]]> By: David in Scottsdale http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-15230 David in Scottsdale Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:26:59 +0000 http://thecollegepolitico.com/?p=1753#comment-15230 Fight these sorry bastards. You are NOT infringing on their use of the word "politico". Do not back down, get in their face, tell them to go f*** themselves, and let us know if you need money to beat these nazis. Fight these sorry bastards. You are NOT infringing on their use of the word “politico”. Do not back down, get in their face, tell them to go f*** themselves, and let us know if you need money to beat these nazis.

]]> By: InRussetShadows http://thecollegepolitico.com/politico-threatens-to-sue-me/comment-page-1/#comment-15227 InRussetShadows Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:59:45 +0000 http://thecollegepolitico.com/?p=1753#comment-15227 Trademark law is fine-grained enough to distinguish between "Hallmark cards" and "Haulmark", which makes trailers. Thus the case for "campus politico" being the same as "college politico" is far from a slam-dunk. Confusion cannot arise from sites that are not even named the same thing, but have names that are similar only in concept. Really, do you think that "Cherry Coke" and "Cherry Cola" cause confusion? They don't as far as trademarks go. I salute you and may you bring the Politico lawyers to their knees. Trademark law is fine-grained enough to distinguish between “Hallmark cards” and “Haulmark”, which makes trailers. Thus the case for “campus politico” being the same as “college politico” is far from a slam-dunk. Confusion cannot arise from sites that are not even named the same thing, but have names that are similar only in concept. Really, do you think that “Cherry Coke” and “Cherry Cola” cause confusion? They don’t as far as trademarks go. I salute you and may you bring the Politico lawyers to their knees.

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