Author has trademarked common word; threatening other authors over its use

So what you guys are saying is that this person under the proposed original circumstances would be under scrutiny?

 

Oh, good God, really???! Is that woman totally dense??

 

actually shaking my head. That's unbelievable!

 

You heard Ripley, so believe it.

The lady is as dense as a uranium brick.

 

I think that's pretty dense or something like that.

 

That is unbelievably unfair! Even if the other authors do win, they'll have to cough up a lot in legal fees, won't they? What do you think the judge will decide?

I can feel any sympathy or willingness to give Faleena the benefit of the doubt ebbing away.

 

I like to fly fish, when people you are with get to whining we tell them..."Just shut up and fish."

That's where I am with this nonsense....its so unbelievable that its hilarious and disgusting at the same time.

 

Awesome. Hopefully she'll learn from this shit show and be able to claw things back under a pen name.

 

Oh, God. If she gets hoisted by her own petard it would be a lovely end to this story. Weirdly enough, though, I don't actually want this story to end.

 

This whole thing is corny. I’m curious to see if it will all be a big waste of time, or if cockygate is a demonstration of the new way everyone is going to do business.

If she wins, and she retains / grows her fan base, what will that mean?

 

it means life in the waste..... uhmmm, I mean for inspiring writers will be tougher.

 

lol John Grisham copy writes “painted house.” King locks down “It” and “Cemetery”

 

If you position yourself as an insurmountable force to be reckoned with then why would it matter either way? People can spin off of you, in my opinion, all they like, yet they still will never be you and everyone will know it. It just seems petty and a waste of time to me. But what do I know, I'm still just a groveling peasant with horrible redundant jokes and a couple of pending psych thrillers. Reckon I'll just sit back her with MJ and keep watching the $1.50 matinee.

 

There is a kids book about cocky the rooster ...

Incidentally, I’ve heard she’s suing someone for using cocky in a book claiming it’s a parody and damaging her.

 

But parody is protected. It's not a hundred percent, but a decent attorney could argue that Faileena has made herself a public figure with her little stunt and get it shut down.

 

Perhaps she assumes that when she patented (sic)* "cocky," that gave her ownership of pretty much everything involving the letters c, o, k, and y. Cocky, cock, cocktail napkins, coy...

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*yeah, I know she never said that either, but she probably doesn't know the difference, so...

 

You know that, and I know that ... obviously she thinks she can do what the hell she likes. If she wins a parody case, we can say goodbye to Barry Trotter, Fifty Sheds of Grey, and Politically Correct Fairy Tales!