It's Been A While! . . . #15

Sorry Gang! It's been a while since I posted. Not a lot has gone on as the legal wheels grind slowly.

However, before I give an update about what's been going on, I want to comment on some emails that have been floating around. Yesterday, three of our friends forwarded me an email that contained this link:

http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=78936679&pty=EXT&eno=3


After a little detective work, we discovered who the spammer is. You don't have to do much guessing about her identity . . . I'll just call her 'spam-queen'.

This link is no great secret. It is in the public record of the US Trademark Office [USPTO] and easily available through their website. So, what does it mean?

This link takes you to a letter written by Jay Horowitz's attorney asking that action on one of the Ranch's trademark applications be suspended pending outcome of a lawsuit in Missouri [more about that in a minute]. No big deal, this is a common practice to ask that pending trademark actions be held until a lawsuit is finished. What spam-queen takes as an earth-shattering revelation held my attention for about 5 seconds.

The only thing notable about this letter to the government is that it shows an attempt by Jay Horowitz to 'litigate on the cheap' and try to avoid paying the fees needed to file an opposition to our trademark application.

What that spam-queen didn't send was the USPTO's response. The request to suspend was rejected by USPTO and they were given a specific date to 'cook or get off the stove.' In other words, they can't avoid paying the fees and filing their papers the CORRECT way. They didn't win a thing. The extra time they got is available to anyone just for asking. (You can see the actual USPTO letter by going to the above link and clicking on the dated links in the right hand frame).

So, I'm not sure what spam-queen thought she was accomplishing other than showing, once again, that she knows nothing about what's going on. More to come . . . .

Terri