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An author I'd never heard about before (@FaleenaHopkins) thought others were copying her so she trademarked the word Cocky (as it's in her book titles) and is now telling other authors who've used the word that they need to change their novel's titles. ☹😡 Truly a bad move.
— Jess@From Me to You (@fromjesstoyou) May 5, 2018
You know what she did in this varied erotic area of romance novels is the equivalent of someone trademarking "cozy" in titles from the mystery genre. Or the equivalent of trademarking "Amish" for the romance genre. #cockygate #byefaleena pic.twitter.com/od9ENlROBE
— Jess@From Me to You (@fromjesstoyou) May 8, 2018
Sad to say though I believe the "publicity stunt" part because I searched "cocky" in Amazon and for like the first two pages it's mostly her books 😞 #cockygate #byefaleena
— Jess@From Me to You (@fromjesstoyou) May 8, 2018
I'm considering doing a #CockyGate video series. I will read/review a book that has the word COCKY in the title OR has an author that wants to join who's created a fake book cover w/ a changed book title. I'm ONLY taking submissions from authors though. Submit away if interested!
— Jess@From Me to You (@fromjesstoyou) May 6, 2018
by Mistress of Reads
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Top Tweet is an update that happened TWO HOURS AFTER this post went live!
It looks like my books are back up (for the moment, at least.) I want to thank the Author's Guild & @rwa for their help, @kneupperwriter & @legalinspire for talking me off a ledge, and everyone that's messaged me their support - thank you all so much! #cockygate
— Tara Crescent (@TaraCrescent) May 8, 2018
Below is a link to my challenge to the "cocky" trademark. #CockyGate
— Kevin Kneupper (@kneupperwriter) May 7, 2018
The highly respected Trademark Trial and Appeal Board of the USPTO now has the issue before it and will decide whether the trademark of "cocky" should be invalidated!https://t.co/iNKCzPEtNR
There’s fun to be had in #cockygate but it’s not actually funny.
— Courtney!!! Milan 🦖 (@courtneymilan) May 8, 2018
It’s a reminder that people who have money but no sense of proportion can make the American legal system absolute hell for reasonable people.
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We have contacted Amazon to provide them with detailed info on this matter and have asked if they will pause further removals/suspensions on books w/ titles containing "cocky" while this is being contested. We will provide more updates as possible when we receive their response. https://t.co/C1x1my9PCX
— RWA (@romancewriters) May 8, 2018
Please support Tara Crescent - her books did not survive this whole cockamamie situation. 2 of her books were removed by Amazon. But she has plenty more.
— Ana's Attic (@AnasAttic) May 7, 2018
- https://t.co/kr6qrYBj15 -#cocky https://t.co/kr6qrYBj15
* And this video I'm going to share, is not one I am happy with ... which is why it is only getting a link ... it was created by Self-Publishing with Dale L. Roberts and it is his take on #CockyGate ... the reason I am NOT showing it is because though he tries to be "diplomatic" and get "both sides" at the end he tags Faleena Hopkins' YouTube account for people to go and subscribe .. so yeah no. BUT if you are interested here is Dale L. Roberts' video called "#Cockygate: The Cocky Trademark Controversy." *
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