I Guess We'll Never Write About Her Again

Posted by Emily Farris

Hey guys, I just got my first cease-and-desist letter! It was from "the people" of a certain bisexual reality TV star whose name I can no longer use because, apparently, it's trademarked.

Hilarious letter regarding this post after the jump.

Click on the image (twice) to enlarge it.


I guess they're going to have to write me another letter if they want me to take down the post accusing her of being a Vegas call girl. In the mean time "my people" are looking into it. 


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Posted Jan 30 2009, 04:03 PM
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Comments

Apollo said:

Congratulations, Emily. You should celebrate.

Also, do you often have people refer to you as "Gentlemen"?

January 30, 2009 4:14 PM

Scanner Maxwell Hammer said:

Fuck that. Don't worry about. Journalistic fair use. You can mention a registered trademark any time you review or talk about that product.

You should be proud of this, Emily. It means you actually got to Tila Tequila personally. Something you said really pissed her off.

Even though I kinda like Tila, it still feels good whenever you take those fuckers down a peg.

January 30, 2009 4:33 PM

Brian Fairbanks said:

Correct me if I'm wrong, but are they saying the tag "Michigan" has to come down?!

Yeah, and I don't know why I didn't get the same letter about the Vegas call girl thing-- maybe they don't want to admit I was right.

January 30, 2009 5:01 PM

Brian Fairbanks said:

By the way, did you notice they "CC" Tila Tequila here?

As if she can read...

January 30, 2009 5:16 PM

profrobert said:

A bit of poking on the internet indicates Pardo is something like a third-year associate at the Davis Firm, which is a small shop that apparently represents C-list celebrities.  IP is not my area (and I'm not giving you legal advice), but I'm not aware of any trademark case arising out of news reports and commentary.  If you were selling a product with her image, you'd have a problem.  On that theor, Coca-Cola could shut you down for saying you hate the taste of Diet Coke (which, of course, is trademarked) and for illustrating your commentary with a picture of a Diet Coke can.  I assume you didn't lift a copyrighted picture from her website, right?  (Which, if you did, would be a copyright issue, not a trademark issue.)

January 30, 2009 6:54 PM

Litmus said:

Bravo, way to go Scanner Emily,  Just remember that we now have the law firm's e-mail address and if things get too hot a campaign is now possible.  It looks like Molly Good also got a letter?  S.E. just upped her recognization factor.

January 31, 2009 7:30 PM

thinkywritey said:

Oh the irony. As if she would HAVE a career if not for continued blog mentions.

February 2, 2009 10:49 AM

GeeBee said:

I'm with the lawyers on this one. No-one should ever mention Tila Tequila again.

February 2, 2009 7:27 PM

About Emily Farris

Emily Farris writes about culture and food for numerous publications and websites you've probably never heard of, including her own blog eefers. Her first cookbook, "Casserole Crazy: Hot Stuff for Your Oven" was published in 2008. Emily recently escaped New York and now lives in a ridiculously large apartment in Kansas City, MO with her cat, but just one... so far.

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