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Woman Trademarks Name and Threatens Sites Using It

Posted by samzenpus on from the keep-my-name-out-of-your-mouth dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Be careful mentioning Dr. Ann De Wees Allen. She's made it clear that she's trademarked her name and using it is 'illegal... without prior written permission.' She even lists out the names of offenders and shows you the cease-and-desist letter she sends them. And, especially don't copy any of the text on her website, because she's using a bit of javascript that will warn you 'Copyright Protect!' if you right click on a link."

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  1. Re:Worthless Trademark by uglyduckling · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Nah, what they're doing is the equivalent of saying "Mono is based upon .net, which was developed by Microsoft (TM)". That's not the same as violating a trademark, it's just stating a fact.

  2. Re:Worthless Trademark by InsaneProcessor · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you do more digging, you will find that this is just a diet product scam operation that they are trying to mainstream to con more of the public.

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