Friday, January 15, 2010

Daniel D. Stuhlman

Librarian's Lobby
by Daniel D. Stuhlman
December 2003

Trademark Violation -- Cease and Desist

http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/crc66.htm

Mr. Daniel D. Stuhlman writes a fascinating article -- there is only a couple problems.  Ok more than a few problems. Lots of problems.

He is not a lawyer and doesn't know what he is talking about.  He is wrong and I believe a liar.  I never spoke or email him.  Never heard of him.

He writes: 
  • I received one of those 'nasty' letters on Oct. 22, 2003 via e-mail demanding me to stop violating a trademark
  • In June 2002 the Association of Jewish Libraries held its annual convention in Denver. They got permission to use a catchy name playing on the moniker "mile high" associated with the city.
I never sent him a letter of any kind.  When I found an article makes use of by Business and Trade Mark - I called Denver Jewish Library here in Denver.  They said write the person that wrote the article and remove Mile Chai.  per our agreement.



Here is what he left out - I had an agreement with  Association of Jewish Libraries that after the convention they would no longer use my trade mark and business name.  They agreed.  Simple enough.

What Daniel D. Stuhlman doesn't understand is agreements.  Stuhlman is not a lawyer.

Before you listen to people like Daniel D. Stuhlman - talk to someone that knows something before you get yourself in trouble. 

3 comments:

Daniel D. Stuhlman said...

My comments were reviewed by a lawyer who specializes in trademark law and we got a second opinion from a professor at a leading law school and a rav.

I'm not a lawyer, but I do understand the law and how to do research. It is totally bizarre that someone would care 7 years after my column appeared and 8 years after the 2002 convention. If I wrote about visiting the IBM or Xerox buildings those companies would never complain.

Daniel D. Stuhlman said...

Please read my article http://home.earthlink.net/~ddstuhlman/crc66.htm. Never does the article mention or use any trademarks or names without permission.

Notice that I consulted United States Code Title 17 which covers copyright. I do teach about copyright law in my graduate school classes.

Daniel D. Stuhlman said...

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