--- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "sparaig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Peter > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > I saw Mike's ads in the mentioned magazine, Natural > > > > Awakenings, and wondered when the TMO hammer was going > > > > to fall. The only problem, of course, is that Mike was > > > > fully qualified to teach TM and had done so for years > > > > in south Florida until MMY decided to recertify > > > > teachers althought there was absolutely no new > > > > teachings or change in teaching procedures. I'd be > > > > amazed to see what a clear thinking judge would say > > > > about this. I'm sure he/she would see right through > > > > the TMO recertification ruse as a flopped money-making > > > > scam. > > > > > > I agree. Good legal test case here. > > > > With literally generations of trademark law on the side of the TMO. > > The thing is, it will never come to court because the > TM movement is terrified that it would *lose* in a > court case. There have been *dozens* of legal precedents > of companies trying to 'recertify' its sales representatives > to get more money from them without actually giveing them > any new training or products to sell, and every one of them > tends to lose in court, for obvious reasons. copyright > law is one thing; an obvious attempt to extort money from > your own employees is another. Courts and judges are human, > and can see past an obvious greed-scam. >
But TM teachers aren't "salesmen" in that sense. They represent a copyrighted trademark. And the TMO isn't trying to get more money from the TM teachers, but from their "customers," since the FEE has been jacked up, not just the required payment from the "sales" side. The TMO certainly has the right to set the PRICE for the item for "sale," don't you agree? And as long as the TM teacher is representing themselves as a "TM" teacher, they're cashing in on the advertising and reputation of the TMO, which has spent a LOT of money and time and effort to create the market for TM. No, the TMO may not have pursued people with a vengance before now, but unless the judge rules that they didn't put enough effort into protecting the trademark previously, the TMO stands to lose MILLIONS in the next few years and they WILL pursue people now. Mark my words, etc. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Drugs Don't Discriminate. Get help for yourself or someone you know. http://us.click.yahoo.com/0I.OUB/ZbOLAA/d1hLAA/0NYolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
