Major Company Brings The Hammer Down on Local Food Blogger

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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."