The Liver Quack takes lessons from Sylvia

[PeterB]

Dr Sandra Trademark, the Liver Quack, has taken offence at something I wrote about her three years ago (and which she was made aware of at the time) and has demanded that I remove certain material from my web site. Using the tactics pioneered by Sylvia Browne, she has apparently clamed that her name is a trademark and I am not using it correctly. In the true spirit of courtesy shown by most shonks and charlatans, she didn't contact me about the problem but instead went straight to the web hosting company with whines about violations of acceptable use policies.

I don't feel like wasting any more time in court so I have temporarily removed all mention of the quack until I have at least had a chance to read what she is complaining about.

 

[ComsatAngel2017]

Peter B? A Quack-bashing Peter B?

Could that be Peter Bowditch?

Actually it is, I see in your profile.

Well, I hope you nail her deceitful metaphorical hide to the nominal hitching post of truth, using things like facts and evidence. Science, even!

 

[Alan Heap]

haha legal threats always gives me a laugh. even if the threats are from her lawyers and not her, it means nothing 99% of the time.

i'm pretty sure this is no different. you could even get the letters checked out for free maybe. they never take it to court because they don't have a leg to stand on, plus they have more to lose because they may have to reimburse the defence, you.

i would go so far as responding, telling them (while rubbing it in their face with written laughs) that they can't touch you over such matters, then upload the legal threat you received on to your site. and maybe highlight her name in big bright bold letters

honestly, why stand for it? show them for what they are.

 

[RSLancastr]

Liver quack? I was wondering what Browne had to do with foie gras...

Peter, best of luck with this. I hope you get your content back up soon.

Please keep us posted.

 

[Miss Anthrope]

i would go so far as responding, telling them (while rubbing it in their face with written laughs) that they can't touch you over such matters, then upload the legal threat you received on to your site. and maybe highlight her name in big bright bold letters

honestly, why stand for it? show them for what they are.

Seconded

 

[PeterB]

haha legal threats always gives me a laugh. even if the threats are from her lawyers and not her, it means nothing 99% of the time.

i'm pretty sure this is no different. you could even get the letters checked out for free maybe. they never take it to court because they don't have a leg to stand on, plus they have more to lose because they may have to reimburse the defence, you.

i would go so far as responding, telling them (while rubbing it in their face with written laughs) that they can't touch you over such matters, then upload the legal threat you received on to your site. and maybe highlight her name in big bright bold letters

honestly, why stand for it? show them for what they are.

You obviously have never spent six months in court arguing about this sort of thing. I have, and even when you win you lose. Remember - she isn't worried too much about defamation, she's complaining about trademark violation. She also has a lot more money than I have. (Do you think the recent dispute between Apple and Cisco over "iPhone" was cheap for either side?)

In this case I managed to get the woman to take a fake degree off the covers of new editions of her books and to change her web site where it said that she graduated as a doctor from a university with no medical school. I count that as a victory.

 

[RSLancastr]

In this case I managed to get the woman to take a fake degree off the covers of new editions of her books and to change her web site where it said that she graduated as a doctor from a university with no medical school. I count that as a victory.

As well you should.