Stor3tella

So how does this  work… Based on what i know about DMCA and the TOS of twitter , the only way someone can use my name is in a parody not as a business.

Joe ‘Asshole’ ( not his real name ) says if i give him the USPTO documentation he will give me my name back . How white of him………..

So the US government expects me to file a form  for every piece of text i post and artwork i create ……. NO that’s not how it works, I would spend 3/4 of my time submitting forms.

A Copyright/trademark IS only needed if there is no prior use of the name or art,  Prior published usage trumps trademark/copyright law( ie i published a magazine called colored truths in the late 80s, though i did not apply to the copyright office, i and my writers still own that material )

Here is my first email to him which he ignored

Dear Sir

So you claim to be able to use internetjoe as your twitter handle, i would not mind that as much as  the fact that u use it as part of your business  dealings.

i have used inj/internetjoe for over 14 years, please stop the business chat or drop the handle.

Joe dauz

i  added a google search link with documents showing internetjoe as my name back to 2000.

 On 5-24 i found this guy using my name

on 5-26 i sent the above email

on 5-29 i sent this

Dude how sad

your dont answer my email – just post more business links on twitter with my name.
As i showed you with that link i have web copyrighted pages with that name going back to the 1990s on geocities.

You have no case. I have requested from twitter the name be given to me as per there copyright policy.

thanks for your time
joe dauz

No answer so i email the web master of his company – 06-01

Empolyee missuse of twitter

Dear sir,

For a company that claims selfhelp your employee Joe @@asshole@@ has gone against that principal.

If he is just dumb and never thought someone might be using that name or if he searched the name and ignored my entries , either way that’s bad business on the Internet.

here are my still unanswered emails to him -( here i attached the emails to him)

 

Low and behold he answers my first email magically a few hours later

> Joe,
> Thanks for the email.   I am sorry about the confusion.

> If you own the trademark on the use of “Internet Joe”, I will be happy to change the name on the account.  Can you please send me official trademark certification information from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and I will promptly change the name on my account.

 

Notice  the IF – like if you know someone else that uses internetjoe ONE WORD AS there main name to produce work.

 

But i got nothing Good to say about a company that would hire a jerk like this

 

Just saying

 

 

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