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

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  1. big soft moose

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    The USMC have the american trade mark on the word Marine (as applied to commandos) as well as marines, junior marines and 14 other variations. Technically they could object to Cocky Marine, but I doubt they will they've probably got better things to do. - by and large they use the trademark to stop unscrupulous rip off merchants creating Marine themed merchandise.

    http://www.hqmc.marines.mil/ousmcc/Units/Marine-Corps-Trademark-Licensing-Program/FAQ/

    They don't seem to think there is a 1st Amendment issue in this licencing - probably because it relates only to using Marine (etc) in trademarks not in general comunication
     
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    You can - but it doesn't stop people complaining to amazon (of course with cocky QB you could argue she is painting them in a bad light - unless they like the image of their team as womanising, substance abusing loud mouths)
     
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    Apparently New York IP Law firm Leason Ellis have offered to work with Kevin Kneupper on the appeal/petition pro bono (I've never heard of them but according to twitter they are big deal in the american IP scene)
     
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    Of course they're not going to say so on their website, but in the U.S. anytime there is a government regulation of speech there is a First Amendment issue. Doesn't mean the government will lose, but there is an issue. A few years ago, the Supreme Court struck down a law making it illegal to lie about having received a medal (guy claimed to have received a Congressional Medal of Honor). It was struck down on First Amendment grounds. I doubt the military, at the time, had a notice on their website saying you might have a First Amendment right to do something they said you couldn't do.

    That law has since been revised (it was extremely broad, initially) and the revised law hasn't been tested as far as I know.
     
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    Just thought I'd point it out as a trend. I have no plans to read her either.
     
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    In other news twitter has started collecting the most cringeworthy lines from the cocker brother series (so much fail, so little time)

    Competition is shall we say stiff (the condition the cocker brothers appear to be permanently in which must make walking difficult and football dangerous) but my favorites are

    "his voice is so deep my panties turn to moist ash then vanish completely"

    and

    "I have no desire to sleep with you
    That's not what your nipples are saying"

    Both from cocky roomy
     
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    Hopefully she rinses first.
     
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    A statement on humanity that people buy these books.
     
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    "I'll be bringing women home, I wouldn't want you to be offended by the sound of ecstasy they make as they scream my name "

    Mr Cocker explains to a potential female roomy why he doesn't want to live with a girl
     
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    I have to say he sounds less cocky and more arrogant douchebag ... however I can see why "Arrogant douchebag roomie" isn't a winning title

    I knew guys like that at uni (Hell I was a guy like that at Uni until I learnt better), none of them got the action they claimed. For some reason most girls are turned off by you behaving like a total knob with an ego the size of brazil no matter how handsome/ripped/campus hero you are
     
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    Yes, much better books in my pile.

    I feel dirty even reading that excert.
     
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    It says something about Ms Hopkins that the cock(end) brothers are her fantasy men.
     
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    Confucius he say man with hole in pocket, he feel cocky all day
     
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    That stood out to me, too, because "losing control of --" [--the readers] [--the followers] [--the fans] is a term commonly used in PR strategy meetings.

    [Rolls eyes at author] You're not supposed to actually say it outside of closed doors,(ETA) to your fans/readers/followers...
     
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    I like how she claims to photograph all her cover models personally despite them all being widely used stock photos (with photo credits to other photographers)
     
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    I believe that, as she seems to have some kind of background in the entertainment industry. She's gone quite crazypants with it, however.
     
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    Stark raving...
     
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    That...that... doesn't even make sense!!!

    And I'm worried about writing OK smut in my next novel?

    Hopefully more than that...Ash becomes lye. That shit's caustic!

    Taken in the context of her prose, this is priceless:

    https://www.wikihow.com/Make-Lye

    :D



    Maybe the firm fired her for being batshit,,,
     
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    In that case she could make soap as a secondary revenue stream.
     
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    Panty Immolation (TM) The Soap, Only by Faleena.
     
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    But the dude with the deep voice, that's gonna run into some bucks at Union rates...;)
     
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    She could start a whole line of Panty Immolation (TM) products: men’s cologne, low-octave voice synthesizers, escort services, and so on.
     
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    Oh! Also says you can cure olives with lye! Good to know. Might help offset the voiceover fees for the dude with the voice...
     
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    Just saw the #byefaleena hashtag... that's hilarious. We call "bye felicia" in the kitchen whenever we want an annoying server to take a hike.
     
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    Hilarious!

    Also, your signature line is hilariously apropo (ETA: so that people don't have to scroll back, I refer to ashes).
     
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