I'm sure my readership will drop off for awhile until people re-find me. If I'm listed on your blog roll, thanks and please change it to my new address, http://bethdonaldson.blogspot.com/.
Hopefully this won't cause too much trouble and I'm sorry for any inconvenience to you.
And now for some quilting news. I've got some more blocks done on the Hazel Ridge Path quilt. To see the full story, go to this blog post, http://bethdonaldson.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-project.html.
Till next time.......Happy Quilting
Obviously, I've found you --- thanks for the heads up. ...and the Hazel Ridge quilt is looking very cool --- I'm sure they will be more than pleased!
ReplyDeleteYay! I'm glad you found me. It's going to take awhile to let everyone know. Many evenings on the computer for me. LOL. Maybe I shouldn't have shot so high and just been a quilt nurse. : )
ReplyDeleteChecking in to let you know I got your message and know where your "new" old blog will be!!!
ReplyDeleteThanks! I really, really, really appreciate it.
ReplyDeleteHi Beth
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up...I will change the link In my blogroll....Im glad you were able to get back in business!! when I couldnt connect to your site today I was worried!!
What a pain for you, sorry. I've added this to my blog reading list. Thanks for contacting me.
ReplyDeleteI think you should be the Quilt Whisperer! It isn't like your name isn't first anyway, but people are amazingly willing to sue. Thanks for tracking me down--now you won't be lost! :)
ReplyDeleteQuilt Whisperer is a great one. But right now I'm a little shy of using any names other than my own. LOL.
DeleteSometimes the world just gets so complicated! Heaven forbid if a quilt shop in Virginia and a blog have a similar name, they should just get over it! Anyway, I'm glad to have found you again and hope this will be an easy transition for you. Best of luck!
ReplyDeleteCease and desist letters from an attorney seems a little overkill to me too. Oh well, if it's that important to them they can be the only Quilt Doctor. Thank God the medical profession allows the world to have more than one doctor : )
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteI have heard of this happening before. I've heard of someone buying the domain name and causing problems.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the heads up!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the email so I could find you again!
ReplyDeleteIt's a crazy world out there......and once again someone has turned our peaceful little community of warm-hug makers into a cut-throat business that doesn't have any heart or soul! Arrrggghhhh!
Can't we all just get along.....and make quilts? ......only in a dream world, I know!
I want to thank everyone for the words of support, they mean a lot! It's like turning lemons into lemonade.
ReplyDeleteQuilt On!
I'm glad that you're not quitting altogether. I'm now following this blog. There is a lot of stuff going on right now. This is just another example.
ReplyDeleteWOW on the quilt for Nick..........and you are changed on my fav list.....
ReplyDeleteHi. :) I saw what you said to Wonky, and thought I'd throw another hit your way. Pretty crazy stuff!
ReplyDeleteI searched www.uspto.gov ( patent and trademark office) and in fact did find that Quiltdoctor had been registered as a trademark. It looks like it is registered as one word, not sure that is a significant difference to using quilt doctor as two words. What if your last name was Quilt and you earned your PhD, could you call yourself Doctor Quilt? :)
ReplyDeleteYes, Quiltdoctor has the trademark. I decided not to fight it, because I'm not selling anything on the blog. I do have a full time job, so it's not like my livelihood is at stake. I suppose if it was an issue of fiscal survival I would've done more research before naming my blog. I just thought the name was funny! Now I just have to make a bunch on new posts and get people to click on me to get the new blog to show up on searches. Lastly, the more time I spend worrying about, the less time I'll spend quilting.
DeleteActually, I honestly believe that Mary Ellen Hopkins was the first one to ever use the name, and I am sure she would have had no problem with others using it. They are also trying to get me to stop using it, but I don't even have a web site with that name, and what I do is a free event where I answer all sorts of questions about quilts, and I have been doing this for about 25 years, long before we even had the Internet. Well, I can always do it differently, but I think this is not really in the good spirit of quilting or sharing.
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