Cross-posted at Consumer Law and Policy Blog
By Paul Levy
A few weeks ago, I nominated the law mega-firm Jones Day for an award for the most abusive trademark claim brought to suppress speech they don’t like. Today’s post concerns another abusive trademark claim that might rival Jones Day’s except for the fact that its progenitor, John W. Dozier, Jr., already has such a reputation for abusive intellectual property claims that few will find his new stunt surprising. Dozier has received perhaps his greatest recognition for his claim that the posting of cease and desist letters infringes the author’s copyright; other notorious Dozier-isms have been discussed on this blog here and here.
