Comments on: You knew this was coming…

By: Johanna

Johanna — Tue, 12 Jul 2005 03:36:41 +0000

I think everyone is getting pissed over this SFSE thing for nothing. I have designed stuff and would definitely defend it if it was trademarked.

People are pissed because rumors are going around that SFSE is bullying them. On the contrary, I have only seen ridiculous and petty comments from the knitting community on this issue following rumor after rumor. As a knitter, I can honestly say that our team is being a little petty.

Being a NYer, I can honestly say business is business in the big apple. And Mikey K, Aren’t you in Minnesota?

By: mikey k

mikey k — Fri, 08 Jul 2005 21:22:32 +0000

i took a lot of classes at SFSE. i stopped because Elyssa is insane and i couldn’t take it anymore. it’s a small not very profitable business. that being said, i am an avid knitter and i can’t believe they are pursuing this. i saved all my materials from the classes and not a one says “stich and bitch”

By: janie

janie — Mon, 27 Jun 2005 12:52:50 +0000

I have never seen plain product on their site just kits. I would think that the products were sold in their store before they were on the web.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 12:40:12 +0000

I wonder if the trademark office knows about archive.org — showing how recently those items went up would be an amusing point to make for Stoller’s lawyers!

By: j.

j. — Wed, 15 Jun 2005 10:25:01 +0000

Oh, look, the link works now (the link on the guestbook page for licensing inquiries didn’t function before).

By: JC

JC — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 22:01:15 +0000

Actually, if you look at their site, they now want to license merchandise . I certainly hope Debbie and her publishers are ready to jump on all this.

By: j.

j. — Tue, 14 Jun 2005 00:56:23 +0000

The inconsistency isn’t helpful, put it that way. It *does* make it seem like they’re just trying to cover the field.

By: jo in ottawa

jo in ottawa — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 19:24:26 +0000

So what happens now? Do other folks that use that or similar have to object to the application? This thread has been interesting and I’m learning a lot but…

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:31:06 +0000

You know I just noticed on the page you linked to, they’re using *every* known variation of Stitch & Bitch.

They have “Stitch and Bitch”, “Stitch N Bitch” and “Stitch & Bitch”. Wouldn’t/Shouldn’t they use their trademark for consistency & branding?

Diana

By: Diana

Diana — Mon, 13 Jun 2005 18:19:37 +0000

Jeez, looks like someone is doing a fast coverup to try to expand their trademark. Reminds me of when a trademark holder contacted me (I’m a web designer) to tell me to cease & desist allowing a client (who I hosted) to use a domain similar to their ‘trademark’. The domain had been in use/purchased prior to his trademark application, the business name (which the domain was based off of) had been in use for at least a year prior to the site being contracted for.

The guy eventually went away, after threatening legal action against me (not my client, lol) when I told him he needed to contact the site owner or provide his lawyer’s contact info.

The guy was a bully, who thought because I was a girl, I’d back down crying and pull my clients site, which would have resulted in loss of income for my client…and him suing me. I think not.