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Oh be serious. This is the last time I will respond to your attempts to frighten me with your twisted and demeaning words. I have not been swayed one bit by your silliness. Yes it is a very real defense and yes the district court as well as the trademark office can cancel TWI's trademarks. TWI should be the one concerned. I am writing to the 300+ churches that they can go after next if I lose, and see if they wish to do a class action against TWI. TWI like a rabid and viscious dog are the ones who will be put down hard by the courts. Oh,perhaps I may get a little bloodied in the process, but TWI will fare a lot worse because of the publicity among other factors....

For the record, I ceased using the name temporarily because it was only $300 for a trademark application versus thousands to fight TWI. This does not support TWI's claims. What fantasy world are you from. The fact that I filed a trademark application shows that I did not agree with TWI's interpretration. And my withdrawing the application was because of $ not that TWI was right. Get serious. They are full of crap in their assertions. I was going to respond to some of your other similarily twisted interpretations, but it is not worth the time. I will spend my time writing instead of responding to anymore of such sillyness. Commercial means the exchange of goods and services for money or some other consideration. No exchange, no goods and services.Try walking out of a store with goods and services without paying for them. Receiving donations is not that. People have access to Ex-Cultworld whether or not they ever make a donation. And by the way, The Way Of Christ and the current site never had a donations link...

A question for the armchair legal buffs: To sue in Federal Court, TWI or anyone else has to have 2 things and there are no exceptions in the USA: 1) Diversity of citizenship (The parties involved are from different states) and 2) The amount of controversy ($) has to be $75,000 or more not counting court, attorney fees, punitive damages. The questions are: A) How will TWI prove that my alleged use of the domain name and trademarked "The way" lost them business profits for the religious goods and services that were bought from my sites without there being any religious goods and services sold that directly competed with TWI's products? B) Asmuming that the link to PR Computers is considered part of the mix(it isn't in real life), can TWI make a case that the webhosting and website design services offered were competing religious goods and services? C) If no to A or B above, then how will TWI prove losses of business to my alleged "competing goods" of $75000 or more to qualify for the Federal Court to hear the case at all?

A question that comes to mind about Harvey is whether his personality has become enough like the big forehead to become forehead #2. Is Harvey a real Martindale wannabe being groomed to take over with the same personality traits?

Long Gone, Thank you for the case. I will probably use it in my defense.

I have been given no choice. Do you know the statute for this? I have been looking... I don't think they are scared, but certainly they are taking my answer and the counterclaim more seriously than has been speculated.

And ex-cultworld magazine is also not in the same class of goods and services as TWI's. TWI's claim that their trademark is famous is so beyond preposterous, that it is unbelievable except to the naive in the rudaments of trademark law.

Absolutely

And why did TWI just add 2 more lawyers to the case officially?

I didn't. It is still being looked at. The problem is having people who will actually do something about what happened and testify for real versus on a message board. Litigation is not for the faint of heart. I applaud J.Par*** and The All***. They put it on the line and got TWI some much needed attention. The Peeler's are doing it right now, and I hope to also. Whether I or the Peelers win or not, a lot about TWI will be brought out in court. It is all public record and is being sent to many in the media.

Many firms take the word of their client that the facts are accurate. Geeze, the lawyers in my case couldn't even get my address right the first time, despite my being in the phone book, property records, motor vehicle records, being listed on the VT secretary of state website, my mailing address on my websites, and previous correspondance with their attorneys with my mailing address etc..... Thorough investigation, Oh please.........

Dear Ex,

Oh be serious. I started posting on Waydale and GS 1 and came back a while ago seeing the place had become more civilized. Now, no need to call me names hehehe. I never thought of myself that way. I thought only of myself as an irritating old fart that published articles and documents about TWI and their offshoots .........

What makes you think I am. The domain name was disabled over a month ago. TWI's top lawyer Columbo who is on the Peeler case and Steiner have filed with the court as Pro Hac Vice counsel.Doesn't seem like your theory is very sound...

I already tried but thanks for a good idea. So far I have run out of ideas other than doing my best on my own.

Zixar: As I have stated before, if I had the means to do so, I would have hired an attorney. I don't so I am doing the best I can. Long Gone: you are right about my error. I trusted TWI's attorney. A life lesson learned. The outcome is however the same. I couldn't afford TWI's long drawn out battle. In the current situation, I now can do some of my own legal research and can put on at least a defense of my own. Won't be anywhere as good as a trademark attorney, but it is what I have.

yes really. TWI and I agreed. It was not by default. Still showing only the side that is favorable to your TWI handlers are you? Application Status: Abandoned - After Inter-Partes Decision http://ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=911...&pty=OPP&eno=10

Lawyers do it all the time for clients who have virtually no case. If the client wishes to pay, the lawyer does the deed.In this case, Vermont has judges who are ethical and a court system that is very Pro Se litigant friendly due to the large number of people who are their own lawyer. Skill is nice if you have it or can afford it. But when you don't in the face of this sometimes overwhelming evidence is an effective measure.

I keep hearing the accusation, but there is no real substance behind it. Like a worn grove in a record, you keep making these statements without any proof or backing.

WhiteDove: Thanks for your help. Look forward to your package. Goey: Thank you for the constructive help with the links. I was looking for the trademark practice one, so your posting was very helpful.By the way, the reasons I quited in my countersuit for cancelling TWI's trademarks are from the area you referred me to.:)--> I am all ears for any real help. The berating and put downs disguised as help I don't care about. Examples like what you posted and whitedove is sending and the help Mark S. has provided by e-mail is what I need, not put downs. Thanks

Good idea excathedra. As I have exhasted what has been stated in the public records, to go further and maybe inadvertently reveal upcoming strategy would be foolish. All further discussions will be by private topic. Thanks ex

TWI didn't sue Ex-Cultworld because it is a Corporation and legal entity. I keep no records of donations anyway. As far as contribibutors, people are entitled to their opinions under the first ammendment. TWI cannot touch that.Your bringing this up is only for the purpose of making people afraid of helping because "TWI might find out about them". How lame is your making an issue out of something that isn't an issue.

Again, you have no clue. Just the same old wild assumptions. We changed the name because we were not just about TWI anymore. With the addition of www.caicusa.org we became more cult orientated.Where would you get the ridiculous idea that the name change was because of TWI? Absolutely absurd like many of your accusations that you make without any shred of real proof.

Not really cc. There are so many people using The Way that it is an almost natural conclusion that TWI's trademark is generic and therefore invalid. The feat is me doing this on my own without very much support or a lawyer. To the best of my recollection, TWI claimed to have been using The Way in commerce longer. There was nothing spectacular about this. Just mean and selfish...