Anthonys May Sue Over Merchandise being Sold

[chefmom]

I think this type of behavior will assist ICA's mitigation claims against her parents. Since when are the A's concerned about justice for Caylee? Were they concerned when they gave the dogs tooth brush to LE as Caylees? Were they concerned about truth or justice when they Febrezed the trunk and washed all the clothing and other evidence before finding either their missing daughter or grand baby? Were they concerned about justice for the victim when they declined polygraphs and went on the media to sway public opinion against the only people looking for their missing family member?
How sick are you that days before your daughters trial for murdering your gran-daughter begins you're flapping your gums to the media threatening to sue this one or that or both? This while your daughter costs the taxpayer a small fortune.
These people are vile IMO. After hearing the defense strategy I actually went back to defending them. Shame, shame on me!

A most excellent post! :clap: I think we should all make "Justice For Caylee" our signatures until justice is actually served in this case! moo

 

[darnudes]

Don't know if this has been posted but it is ICA's letter about Caylee's name being "trademarked" - take it for what it's worth. I've included the whole letter for context.

#13636
about Finally seeing my Mom. I walk into the courtroom completely
shackled, which was against the judge‘s orders, so I get seated, and Baez
relays the message, so I have to get reescorted outside to get uncuffed—
only from the waist up. Joy. Well, I trip as I try to sit down the second
time, Klutz that I am. All in front of the camera. A few minutes pass,
they start to let in the spectators, all media, and I ask if my Mom is there
yet. Baez briefly tells me that she is ―SICK‖ and isn't coming.
Welcome to the proverbial punch in the stomach. Court did go
reasonably well, a few laughs, courtesy of the judge, and I was back here
just before 10:30. I talked to 3 of my attorneys just before coming back
and they‘re so upset that my Mom bailed on me and the fact that her
attorney shows up, waving all conflict with my Mom‘s former attorney,
who started working for the enemy the day he ―resigned‖ from working
with my folks, back on November 20, my brother‘s birthday. –Still
follow? I hope so! ‗Tis just the beginning I was pretty upset on
Friday, but I didn‘t want anyone to worry, especially not my Cookie, so
I put on my happy face and let it go.
Saturday, around noon—Baez and my attorney, who was down from
New York for the weekend, came to fill me in on all of the drama. They
still couldn't get in contact with my Mom, and are both still extremely
frustrated about what went down the days previous. I‘m right there with
them. This is when I get all of the details from Thursday-Saturday.
#13637
Here‘s where it gets good! BOO.
My Mom has been battling us on the service details, religiously (and
without any consideration of my ideas or feelings on the matter.) Her
idiot attorney has been bashing Baez and my defense team for a couple
weeks now, without reason, and my Mom has done nothing to stop it.
We‘re the ones being made out to be careless, heartless and selfish, but
we‘re the only ones playing by the rules and trying to avoid stepping on
anyone‘s toes. Sadly, we‘re the true Schmucks in this for playing nicely.
There are so many details I want to convey, but it almost seems tedius to
keep on *****ing. I‘ll stick to the main details, even though the one‘s
temporarily withheld are some of the most important. I miss you
sis!!!!!
Anyway, we try to formulate a plan to cover our butts from any more
slander and to at least keep on with our pattern of nice-playing. I find
out that my brother was acting according to scripts, via Law
enforcement, when he came to visit with me back in July and August,
and he was reporting back to them with whatever I told them. I told you
about everything my Dad said during his interviews with Le. So two
down, one to go.
Sunday morning—Baez and Linda come back to re update me on the
Super Fun weekend, and have even more Fun details to share. My
"SICK" Mommy hitches
#13638
Out to Tampa on Saturday, hence why Baez still couldn't get a hold of
her. Turns out, she meets with Meredith Veiera, formerly of the view,
now associated with the media, the Today Show, I believe, or Good
Morning America. She‘s not well enough to take advantage of seeing
me in person on Friday, but can shmooze with the dirtbags the next
day?! Seriously?! But wait, there‘s more! (I‘m sweating while writing
this. My emotions are obviously getting a workout.) Come to find out
that she put a Trademark on Caylee‘s name months back, never told me,
and even talked about doing the same with mine. This is the same time
she publicly states that she plans on writing a book about this!
B-E-T-R-A-Y-A-L!!! I‘m so sick to stomach even thinking about this.
I‘m the only person who has tried to protect Caylee throughout all of
this, and it kills me!
All my Mom talks about now is doing a public service for herself,
because she needs to. I can‘t believe my own mother is capitalizing, or
trying to, off of everything that has happened.
I had written her expressing my disgust, grief, and hurt, after what
happened on Friday, this is before finding out all of this. And what
happens when she meets up with Baez yesterday to read my letter? She
laughs at the idea of getting caught with her lunch on Saturday. Laughs!
#13639
I can‘t take it Robyn. I can‘t I've done everything possible to hold my
family together and I continue to get stomped on, thrown under the bus,
and it doesn't surprise me anymore when it happens. I have too many
other things to worry about and now all of this! I‘ve officially lost my
entire blood-related family in the blink of an eye, in the midst of
mourning my daughter‘s death, trying to exonerate myself, and figure
out what steps to take in achieving these things, and I get ****ed over
by my entire family. I talked to Chaplain Gonzalez about it briefly, Clif
Notes version, and she wanted to cry. She told me my feelings are
completely valid, and that I have to start looking out for myself. Not
that I have a choice in the matter. They chose for me.
I know I‘m not alone; that God is with me. I have my newly adopted
family, and I have my Cookie. It‘s just hard to now have to mourn the
break-up of my family, and to move on. I‘m doing everything that I can
to forgive what‘s happened, but I can‘t. I can‘t. God is going to have to
hold my hand on this one and hold me to that promise—to
unconditionally love them all and to forgive their actions.
My heart is broken.
#13640
other less depressing topic(s)—
I didn‘t listen to more than 5 minutes of the Super Bowl on Sunday.
(That was the Big Dance I had referred to.) I‘ve been sleeping a lot,
both at night and during the day. I‘ll admit, I‘ve had little to no
motivation to do anything since Friday. I‘ll get over it. How are you?
Thanks for the Count of Monte Cristo! My new all-time Favorite book!
One of my Fave movies, hands down. I had never read the book. Good
looking out, yo! You‘re always good for a pick-me-up. How‘s the
cookie situation going? I ordered a pack myself last week, and I was
kind of disappointed. Oh well! And I‘m sort of Shabanged out. I‘m in a
funk! At least my hair is getting wayyy long, and I‘m getting used to it,
slowly but surely. My ghastly period is letting up, so I feel less icky.
The shower water has been really Hot the last couple of days. Quite
refreshing. I have a Super Cheezy question for you… Would you be my
Valentine? I‘m cheering up, so no worries! I hope we get to talk one
of these days.
Know that I love ya and I miss ya, and I;m glad you‘re here! I promise
to write daily, no matter what kind of mood I‘m in. And Shannon is
here, we might as well play it safe and give her the book(s)
See ya! Wouldn‘t wanna be ya! (Just Kidding!)

 

[dog.gone.cute]

:waitasec::waitasec:

It is NO "surprise" to me that the A's would want to "sue" somebody -- anybody -- AND -- everybody ... for anything and everything they can think of !

But what I do find most interesting is the "timing" of this "possible" lawsuit.
Jury Selection is going on and the A's daughter is about to go on Trial for "1st Degree Murder" with the possibility of receiving the death penalty, and they are more concerned about filing lawsuits and filing trademarks ?

Wouldn't EVERY grandparent want "JUSTICE" for their murdered granddaughter ?

As usual, the A's have their "priorities" in the wrong place ... They make my "blood boil" ...

Once again ... it is not really about Justice for Caylee for the A's ... it's about $$$$$ and saving their murderess daughter, ICA ...


Of course, :cow::cow: and :cow:

 

[Just Jayla]

:waitasec::waitasec:

It is NO "surprise" to me that the A's would want to "sue" somebody -- anybody -- AND -- everybody ... for anything and everything they can think of !

But what I do find most interesting is the "timing" of this "possible" lawsuit.
Jury Selection is going on and the A's daughter is about to go on Trial for "1st Degree Murder" with the possibility of receiving the death penalty, and they are more concerned about filing lawsuits and filing trademarks ?

Wouldn't EVERY grandparent want "JUSTICE" for their murdered granddaughter ?

As usual, the A's have their "priorities" in the wrong place ... They make my "blood boil" ...

Once again ... it is not really about Justice for Caylee ... it's about $$$$$ and saving their murderess daughter, ICA ...


Of course, :cow::cow: and :cow:

I have wondered if the reason CA is not in Tampa is due to the cost of driving and/or staying there. I am not sure they can afford it, though I really have no idea of their financial situation, so it's just my guess...lawsuits match well with that, though, as if they are really hurting for $$ right now and cannot scramble anymore.

 

[Omachka]

I don't know if Katprint has popped in here, or if you guys have checked the legal thread, but we had an interesting exchange over there. I had commented that the "trademark" threat made little sense to me unless the As were marketing competing "Caylee" brand products. Katprint pointed out that the As may be using the word "trademark" in a very loose way to mean something completely different lol.



My response:


The response in the legal thread has all this useful bolding and underlining, but I guess cut-and-paste strips that out?

Thanks very much for all this info AZ but I would assume that trademarking (or whatever the A's may be loosely referring to) would be a person's full name. The t shirt pictured on the news article simply says "Justice for Caylee". It has no last name, no image or a person. I found this little chart of baby name popularity. The name Caylee hit it's peak in 2009 at 617 babies per million births in the US and was ranked at 263rd in popularity. I don't think the A's can lay claim to that many baby girls with the same name. Wouldn't that law pertain to full names at least?

 

[AZlawyer]

Thanks very much for all this info AZ but I would assume that trademarking (or whatever the A's may be loosely referring to) would be a person's full name. The t shirt pictured on the news article simply says "Justice for Caylee". It has no last name, no image or a person. I found this little chart of baby name popularity. The name Caylee hit it's peak in 2009 at 617 babies per million births in the US and was ranked at 263rd in popularity. I don't think the A's can lay claim to that many baby girls with the same name. Wouldn't that law pertain to full names at least?

If it is recognizable as her name in the context ("justice for Caylee"), it would probably fall within the statute. I assume Casey would have to give CA and GA a power of attorney to handle this issue for her.

 

[LambChop]

If it is recognizable as her name in the context ("justice for Caylee"), it would probably fall within the statute. I assume Casey would have to give CA and GA a power of attorney to handle this issue for her.

What about the fact that the A's and KC have sold all those pictures to the media who now own them? By the time they would be able to mark the name, if they could do so, the trial will be over. I don't see KC giving the A's a POA but I do see her saying "I'll handle it myself when I get out." lol

 

[logicalgirl]

I think this was posed to Cindy on the first 48 hours show. If I remember right she said Justice for Casey would be Justice for Caylee. She may have said it the other way around but I clearly remember her saying it. Which I think is sad. Justice for Caylee will be when the one who caused her death is punished. Which IMO is Casey.

Um - isn't that what Cindy said?

I do think CA wants ICA to be given justice for taking Caylee's life - I just think she doesn't want the death penalty.

 

[logicalgirl]

As soon as I say this news article - I had visions of cheap items being hawked on the web and on the sidewalks surrounding the courthouse, that kind of awful tacky trial memorabilia that someone trying to make a quick buck churns out - so in a way I could understand this legal move as a way of trying to maintain some kind of dignity for Caylee. The way Caylee died and was discarded was disgusting enough.

 

[iluvmua]

I really don't know what to say .......... Payback for the ants for acting like they have for the last three years would be having to visit their daughter on death row.

These people are sick to the core. I can't defend them anymore.

Once I gain an ounce of sympathy for them they go and pull crap like this.


I hope justice does prevail and it's Casey turn to worry about when she is going to die.

 

[Tulessa]

I wonder what the A's would do if everyone in Court on day one of the trial wears a T shirt that says Justice for Caylee?

I don't think it would be allowed in. I had me a t-shirt made with my brother's picture on it (just his picture) and wore it to the DA's office. The DA loved my shirt but told me NOT to wear it to court.

 

[lowens1975]

I apologise in advance. I have not read this entire thread. But how dare they claim to shut anyone down from using these phrases? They just do not want anyone to profit from them but THEMSELF! They need to stand up for this Baby Girl, that could not stand up for herself! I don't care if they have to go against their Daughter. She was grown. She had a choice, Caylee did NOT! She was their Flesh and Blood too.

I really can't blame the A's for being angry over people trying to profit from their granddaughter's death, however, neither CA nor GA probably never uttered the word's "Justice for Caylee". In order to get an legal injunction, wouldn't they have to prove that they came up with the idea or initiated it by using it as a slogan in advertising? I don't see how they can claim that catch phrase is theirs. That's like suing Nancy Grace because she uses the phrase "Tot Mom". She uses that phrase but she doesn't own it. JMHO.

 

[marspiter]

AZlawyer,

I see what you and Katprint have posted in the legal questions thread but my question is how does that law work once that persons image, likeness, name, ect has already been made public?

Also the A's sold photos and other various ways of using Caylee's name for profit. So would ICA be entitled to sue CA and GA for using Caylee's image with out her permission since it is ICA who holds the rights of publicity for Caylee?

 

[kaRN]

A most excellent post! :clap: I think we should all make "Justice For Caylee" our signatures until justice is actually served in this case! moo

Excellent idea my friend!! Consider it done!

 

[BigMomma]

Don't know if this has been posted but it is ICA's letter about Caylee's name being "trademarked" - take it for what it's worth. I've included the whole letter for context.

#13636
about Finally seeing my Mom. I walk into the courtroom completely
shackled, which was against the judge‘s orders, so I get seated, and Baez
relays the message, so I have to get reescorted outside to get uncuffed—
only from the waist up. Joy. Well, I trip as I try to sit down the second
time, Klutz that I am. All in front of the camera. A few minutes pass,
they start to let in the spectators, all media, and I ask if my Mom is there
yet. Baez briefly tells me that she is ―SICK‖ and isn't coming.
Welcome to the proverbial punch in the stomach. Court did go
reasonably well, a few laughs, courtesy of the judge, and I was back here
just before 10:30. I talked to 3 of my attorneys just before coming back
and they‘re so upset that my Mom bailed on me and the fact that her
attorney shows up, waving all conflict with my Mom‘s former attorney,
who started working for the enemy the day he ―resigned‖ from working
with my folks, back on November 20, my brother‘s birthday. –Still
follow? I hope so! ‗Tis just the beginning I was pretty upset on
Friday, but I didn‘t want anyone to worry, especially not my Cookie, so
I put on my happy face and let it go.
Saturday, around noon—Baez and my attorney, who was down from
New York for the weekend, came to fill me in on all of the drama. They
still couldn't get in contact with my Mom, and are both still extremely
frustrated about what went down the days previous. I‘m right there with
them. This is when I get all of the details from Thursday-Saturday.
#13637
Here‘s where it gets good! BOO.
My Mom has been battling us on the service details, religiously (and
without any consideration of my ideas or feelings on the matter.) Her
idiot attorney has been bashing Baez and my defense team for a couple
weeks now, without reason, and my Mom has done nothing to stop it.
We‘re the ones being made out to be careless, heartless and selfish, but
we‘re the only ones playing by the rules and trying to avoid stepping on
anyone‘s toes. Sadly, we‘re the true Schmucks in this for playing nicely.
There are so many details I want to convey, but it almost seems tedius to
keep on *****ing. I‘ll stick to the main details, even though the one‘s
temporarily withheld are some of the most important. I miss you
sis!!!!!
Anyway, we try to formulate a plan to cover our butts from any more
slander and to at least keep on with our pattern of nice-playing. I find
out that my brother was acting according to scripts, via Law
enforcement, when he came to visit with me back in July and August,
and he was reporting back to them with whatever I told them. I told you
about everything my Dad said during his interviews with Le. So two
down, one to go.
Sunday morning—Baez and Linda come back to re update me on the
Super Fun weekend, and have even more Fun details to share. My
"SICK" Mommy hitches
#13638
Out to Tampa on Saturday, hence why Baez still couldn't get a hold of
her. Turns out, she meets with Meredith Veiera, formerly of the view,
now associated with the media, the Today Show, I believe, or Good
Morning America. She‘s not well enough to take advantage of seeing
me in person on Friday, but can shmooze with the dirtbags the next
day?! Seriously?! But wait, there‘s more! (I‘m sweating while writing
this. My emotions are obviously getting a workout.) Come to find out
that she put a Trademark on Caylee‘s name months back, never told me,
and even talked about doing the same with mine. This is the same time
she publicly states that she plans on writing a book about this!
B-E-T-R-A-Y-A-L!!! I‘m so sick to stomach even thinking about this.
I‘m the only person who has tried to protect Caylee throughout all of
this, and it kills me!
All my Mom talks about now is doing a public service for herself,
because she needs to. I can‘t believe my own mother is capitalizing, or
trying to, off of everything that has happened.
I had written her expressing my disgust, grief, and hurt, after what
happened on Friday, this is before finding out all of this. And what
happens when she meets up with Baez yesterday to read my letter? She
laughs at the idea of getting caught with her lunch on Saturday. Laughs!
#13639
I can‘t take it Robyn. I can‘t I've done everything possible to hold my
family together and I continue to get stomped on, thrown under the bus,
and it doesn't surprise me anymore when it happens. I have too many
other things to worry about and now all of this! I‘ve officially lost my
entire blood-related family in the blink of an eye, in the midst of
mourning my daughter‘s death, trying to exonerate myself, and figure
out what steps to take in achieving these things, and I get ****ed over
by my entire family. I talked to Chaplain Gonzalez about it briefly, Clif
Notes version, and she wanted to cry. She told me my feelings are
completely valid, and that I have to start looking out for myself. Not
that I have a choice in the matter. They chose for me.
I know I‘m not alone; that God is with me. I have my newly adopted
family, and I have my Cookie. It‘s just hard to now have to mourn the
break-up of my family, and to move on. I‘m doing everything that I can
to forgive what‘s happened, but I can‘t. I can‘t. God is going to have to
hold my hand on this one and hold me to that promise—to
unconditionally love them all and to forgive their actions.
My heart is broken.
#13640
other less depressing topic(s)—
I didn‘t listen to more than 5 minutes of the Super Bowl on Sunday.
(That was the Big Dance I had referred to.) I‘ve been sleeping a lot,
both at night and during the day. I‘ll admit, I‘ve had little to no
motivation to do anything since Friday. I‘ll get over it. How are you?
Thanks for the Count of Monte Cristo! My new all-time Favorite book!
One of my Fave movies, hands down. I had never read the book. Good
looking out, yo! You‘re always good for a pick-me-up. How‘s the
cookie situation going? I ordered a pack myself last week, and I was
kind of disappointed. Oh well! And I‘m sort of Shabanged out. I‘m in a
funk! At least my hair is getting wayyy long, and I‘m getting used to it,
slowly but surely. My ghastly period is letting up, so I feel less icky.
The shower water has been really Hot the last couple of days. Quite
refreshing. I have a Super Cheezy question for you… Would you be my
Valentine? I‘m cheering up, so no worries! I hope we get to talk one
of these days.
Know that I love ya and I miss ya, and I;m glad you‘re here! I promise
to write daily, no matter what kind of mood I‘m in. And Shannon is
here, we might as well play it safe and give her the book(s)
See ya! Wouldn‘t wanna be ya! (Just Kidding!)

Well, well, well. I get the feeling from reading this that ICA finally has her eyes opened to her family's deviousiness (is that a word?:waitasec. I can see how she would feel this way and this letter is going to play into and be a weigh in factor at trial. In this stance, I am glad she IS sticking up for herself because in this letter, it does show what we have come to find out and known all along about her family.

 

[Tulessa]

Excellent idea my friend!! Consider it done!

Done here as well.

 

[LolaMoon08]

Done here too!

 

[Solace]

(Keeping in mind that I'm not a lawyer nor do I play one on TV)

Doubt this is going to happen. In order to trademark, you have to have your lawyer go after each and every instance of the term/product being used. They have to do this if they want to trademark, otherwise they'll lose the trademark . You have to prove you want it bad enough. Seriously doubt the Anthony's have this kind of money.

As well, while celebritys (sp) trademark their names, it costs money to do. It is their business, how they make money so it's a little easier for them to do.

The Anthonys are just common folk. Don't see it happening here either. Again, their lawyer would have to go after every single instance of the name used.

I did a trademark search: nothing there that I can find:

http://www.uspto.gov/trademarks/process/search/#heading-1




You cannot copyright a name.

Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony, have trademarked the name Caylee Anthony, in order to stop companies from selling merchandise.

The Anthonys' attorney, Mark Lippman, said they also trademarked the phrase "justice for Caylee" after everything from hats to underwear were being sold with the phrase.

A cease and desist letter was also sent to two websites selling the merchandise.

​

Just for everyone's information. It is done.

 

[mydailyopinions]

Casey Anthony's parents, George and Cindy Anthony, have trademarked the name Caylee Anthony, in order to stop companies from selling merchandise.

The Anthonys' attorney, Mark Lippman, said they also trademarked the phrase "justice for Caylee" after everything from hats to underwear were being sold with the phrase.

A cease and desist letter was also sent to two websites selling the merchandise.

​

Just for everyone's information. It is done.

I understand to an extent that they do not want anyone to profit off of this case...but seriously, don't they realize just how many "sayings" they would have to trademark in order to completely stop this?

 

[Solace]

I understand to an extent that they do not want anyone to profit off of this case...but seriously, don't they realize just how many "sayings" they would have to trademark in order to completely stop this?

I have no idea. Maybe they trademarked it in the sense of the trial or relation to the case. No idea.