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This link has been bookmarked by 9 people . It was first bookmarked on 27 Apr 2009, by Pewari Naan.

  • 02 Jul 09
    ognjen
    ognjen s

    language law freeculture

  • 05 May 09
    artgelwicks
    Art Gelwicks

    "I think we have a duty, as writers and bloggers and speakers of the English language, to defend our rights to … words. Free speech is a bit of an important concept, I think."

    copyright blogging

  • 02 May 09
    phrees
    Phil Rees
    • Her lawyers asked me to insert the (R) symbol after the phrase, in my post, and add this sentence: “This is the registered trademark of Susan Jeffers, Ph.D. and is used with her permission.”
      • Phil Rees

        Phil Rees on 2009-05-02

        That's very generous of Susan considering Leo is a competing author writing in the same subject area repeatedly using her brand in his posts. Leo uses material from his posts in his books, Susan's letter actually saves him the effort of going through copyright and trademark clearance when he collates his next set of posts for printed publication.

    • I find it unbelievable that a common phrase (that was used way before it was the title of any book) can be trademarked.
      • Phil Rees

        Phil Rees on 2009-05-02

        The phrase is popular because Susan made it popular. Conduct a web search and a Google news search to confirm this for yourself.

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  • 30 Apr 09
    damienroue
    Damien Roué

    language copyright privatization

  • tellio
    Terry Elliott
  • 27 Apr 09
    brands
    Chuck Brands
  • illuminea
    Miriam Schwab

    copyright

  • pewari
    Pewari Naan

    Terrible PR on the part of the author - not least because her response seems to be diametrically opposite to that which she recommends in her self-help book.

    pr writing law trademarks sue self-help

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