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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedScott Smith files notice with U.S. Patent Office, accusing Entrepreneur magazine of fraud.
Newsletter on Newsletters, The, November, 2007
Latest battle in long war over magazine's protection of a word
The U.S. Patent Office granted a trademark on the word entrepreneur to Entrepreneur Media Inc., publisher of Entrepreneur magazine, in 1982, before it became today's common word. The company has aggressively protected its trademark, suing and threatening to sue a number of newsletters, magazines and academic journals using the word entrepreneur in publication titles.
Some publishers changed titles to avoid litigation. Female Entrepreneur became Fempreneur. Young Entrepreneur changed its name to Y & E.
Scott Smith has fought EMI since the late 1990s, when it sued Smith over his use of Entrepreneur PR for the name of his California public relations firm and publication. In 2000,...
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