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[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/18/eff-is-representing.html

EFF is representing publisher of Urban Homestead book against Dervaes
Institute trademark
claim<http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/18/eff-is-representing.html>

Mark Frauenfelder <http://www.boingboing.net/author/mark-frauenfelder-1/> at
3:36 PM Friday, Feb 18, 2011

Breaking news: Corynne McSherry, Intellectual Property Director of the
Electronic Frontier Foundation, is now representing the authors and
publisher of The Urban
Homestead<http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1934170011/boingboing>in
the Dervaes
Institute "Urban Homestead" trademarks
dispute<http://www.boingboing.net/2011/02/18/oc-weekly-dervaes-fa.html>.
An official announcement is expected on Monday/

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Comment:
"Deidzoeb<http://dynamic.boingboing.net/cgi-bin/mt/mt-cp.cgi?__mode=view&blog_id=1&id=4085>

"The Urban Homestead" is by Kelly Coyne and Erik Knutzen (great book by the
way, and great blog at rootsimple.com). Their book came out a couple years
before the phrase was trademarked by the Dervaes family (who have a farm and
an institute but I don't think they have a book)."