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Natanya Anderson, creator of The Everyday Foodie blog, wrote yesterday that she had received a cease-and-desist letter from a large corporation, saying Anderson's blog infringes on their trademark and intellectual property. Anderson said the letter ordered her to stop publishing at her current domain and to transfer all domain rights to the company.
Anderson declined to name the company in her post.
After seeking legal counsel, Anderson has decided to change the name and URL of her site and to "focus my energies on continuing to create content that is useful to others".
"I firmly believe that I am in no way infringing on a brand’s trademark and I’m certainly not cybersquatting," Anderson writes. "Were this disagreement to find its way to court I have reasonable expectation that I would prevail. However, the reality is that I am a single individual with limited resources and this brand is a big company with deep pockets, desperate to protect their (perceived) brand ownership, and with all the lawyers in the world. It’s not like any court battle between us would be on a level playing field."
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Too bad she isn't naming any companies. If she's changing her URL anyway, her only vice is the potential negative PR created from this.
The only thing that I can think of would be PBS's Everyday Food, which could be her reasoning for not throwing them under the bus http://www.pbs.org/everydayfood/
Oh, by extension that would also be Martha Stewart.
It's obviously HEB/Central Market!
http://www.centralmarket.com/Foodie-Central.aspx
Could easily be Every Day with Rachel Ray
Maybe Gene Simmons copyrighted "Foodie," like he did "O.J." (orange juice). He's a sly devil & asute businessman, though I'm not sure I'd refer to KISS as a "large corporation."
It could also be the Martha Stewart magazine Everyday Food. Which is actually a pretty good magazine.
Without naming the company, this story basically boils down to the following:
"They're mean!"
"Who's mean?"
"They are! Wahhhh!"