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

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  1. w. bogart

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    With the Hollywood philosophy of any publicity is good publicity it won't hurt her.
     
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    As I said much earlier in the thread that didn’t do Gerald Ratner much good ( he’s the guy who used to have a low end jewellery chain in the Uk… went on TV and said all his jewellery was crap and his customers were all mugs…went bankrupt about 8 months later)
     
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    It can back fire. But how many celebrities have had "their phones hacked" and their naked pictures appear on the net. Only to have their careers take off.
     
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    We definitely don't want to fallenas naked photos
     
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    Perish the thought!
     
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