Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: TMO legal savvy

[Vaj]

On Dec 29, 2005, at 9:42 AM, Alex Stanley wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Peter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj The other day I clicked on an ad for meditation instruction that came up with a Google search, and the site is being harassed by the TMO's lawyer. Is it legal savvy to claim trademark infringement where there is none? The guy is really riding on the TM coat-tails. He's using TM to promote his technique by saying it's "just as good" and then including various TM studies. I completely understand why the TMO is going after him and agree with them from a legal perspective. He's the guy who doesn't have a leg to stand on legally.  I agree that he's riding the TMO's coat-tails, but I still think what he's done, although stretched to the limit, falls under advertising that mentions a competitor and makes a comparison. As far as I know, that is perfectly legal. But not just a little sleazy--esp. if these people are really teaching TM as learned from the movement. While I do believe the tradition of TM-style meditation is widespread without ever being called "TM", to take something actually formulated by M and his teachers and present as your own just by changing the name is rather dishonest. However I can see some benefit in taking TM-style meditation beyond it's commercialized and marketed form and returning to the purity of what it originally was (and still is). In order to do that many poseurs like Mahesh might be exposed, and that's bound to be uncomfortable to some. 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  Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web.    To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]    Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.