Country Squire's Middle Earth Series to be Renamed.

[Hillcrest]

This whole debate has been rendered moot by our more enlightened age where little persons are now referred to as vertically challenged or differentially heighted. How Tolkien would have relished the linguistic acrobatics of our time.

Horizontally gifted ?

 

[AroEnglish]

Horizontally gifted ?

You called?

 

[pappymac]

Horizontally gifted ?

I knew her back in the 1970s.

 

[trouttimes]

I think Shakespeare was right…a rose by any other name…
IP police out there, is it ok I quoted Shakespeare or is that their?

 

[Chalaw87]

The Country Squire has the Middle Earth blends back on the website with the same names. I wonder what changed since earlier this week the blends had been taken off the website.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

The Country Squire has the Middle Earth blends back on the website with the same names. I wonder what changed since earlier this week the blends had been taken off the website.

Maybe shoot them an email. All you can get from us is spin.

 

[chilllucky]

Maybe shoot them an email. All you can get from us is spin.

Don't forget conjecture, supposition, and off topic meandering. We're not just a one-trick pony, you know.

 

[woodsroad]

Maybe shoot them an email. All you can get from us is spin.

You’re always so negative.
Conjecture is always a lot more entertaining.

I heard that Jimmy Hoffa has some new blends out that he worked on with Archduke Ferdinand….

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Here's some conjecture, since this seems to be the status quoe... The last three Cease and Desist letters that I got, I threw into the trash after a short phone call with my lawyer. When you get sued, the lawyer HAS to be on your State's Bar. If not, they can't do shit to you. They can't even file. Of course, the C&D letters that I got were complete bullshit anyways.

 

[Hillcrest]

The Country Squire has the Middle Earth blends back on the website with the same names. I wonder what changed since earlier this week the blends had been taken off the website.

Maybe it was a scam letter ot maybe the statute of limitations has run out ... call them and ask (???)

 

[woodsroad]

Here's some conjecture, since this seems to be the status quoe... The last three Cease and Desist letters that I got, I threw into the trash after a short phone call with my lawyer. When you get sued, the lawyer HAS to be on your State's Bar. If not, they can't do shit to you. They can't even file. Of course, the C&D letters that I got were complete bullshit anyways.

I got a C&D letter once, from an adjacent property owner’s lawyer. Problem was, his firm was my lawyer, too. End of problem.

 

[jguss]

When you get sued, the lawyer HAS to be on your State's Bar. If not, they can't do shit to you. They can't even file. Of course, the C&D letters that I got were complete bullshit anyways.

Actually if the other side is serious the first big fight will be over jurisdiction. If they can argue that for whatever reason the infraction took place in a location that’s not where you reside then just arguing over governing law will be a ferocious and expensive process and your cost of defense will skyrocket. Just being forced to defend yourself in a different State or Country increases costs exponentially. Plus of course some jurisdictions are notoriously more plaintiff friendly.

The reality is if the Tolkien estate wants to enforce its rights it has many avenues to do so, emphatically including spending the defendant into the ground.

 

[jguss]

I got a C&D letter once, from an adjacent property owner’s lawyer. Problem was, his firm was my lawyer, too. End of problem.

I once got a C&D letter too but couldn’t read it because it was covered with mold.

 

[brooklynpiper]

C&D letters? All this time I thought I was special getting love notes from Jeremy

 

[woodsroad]

It’s entirely likely that The Estate of J.R.R. Sent a nice letter with a reasonable licensing fee schedule and both parties left the room feeling fulfilled.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

C&D letters? All this time I thought I was special getting love notes from Jeremy

You were, that's what we were talking about, making him stop. It gets annoying, especially when he starts sending articles of clothing.

 

[anotherbob]

See, take some shit that ain't selling, slap a LOTR name on it, and you suckers fine forum members will line up to buy the shit that no one wanted before. Power of suggestion just upped the tobacco's game.

None of those LOTR tobaccos are really anything special. I mean, they're ok... decent enough for the power of suggestion to take over.

Admit it... Take Ol Toby and slap the name Todd's Socks on the blend. Are you going to buy it?

of course todds socks raises so many questions! Mostly why and what?!?

 

[woodsroad]

You were, that's what we were talking about, making him stop. It gets annoying, especially when he starts sending articles of clothing.

But his undies exuded the most enticing aroma of choice Burley…

 

[anotherbob]

Are they just having to rename the middle-earth series, as "Middle-Earth" is copyrighted? Surely the JRRT estate hasn't copyrighted "green dragon" and such.

sometimes people exploit the threat of going to court even if their claim has no merit or questionable merit. According to some lawyer the name isn't copywritten but the charactors can be. Example you could make a harry potter story but not if he's a dorky wizard.

 

[jguss]

But his undies exuded the most enticing aroma of choice Burley…

Rookie mistake; I shouldn’t have read this right after eating dinner.