User talk:Bicworld33

February 2012

Hello Bicworld33. We welcome your contributions to Wikipedia, but if you are affiliated with some of the people, places or things you have written about in the article Beer koozie, you may have a conflict of interest or close connection to the subject.

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Beer koozie

Your edits to this article have been reverted. It is not a trademark infringement for an encyclopedia to have an article about a trademarked product. – ukexpat (talk) 21:29, 2 February 2012 (UTC) Hello, it is an infringement to use our registered trademark as a noun and use it improperly when talking about products not affiliated with our manufacturerd products. So, calling something a "Beer Koozie" as a noun, is infringing on our federally protected trademark KOOZIE(R). Unless you are specifically talking about a Norwood KOOZIE(r) branded product, you need to refer to the product as a generic term, which is why it is necessary to change the article to refer to them as beer can coolers. Regardless of whether we have a vested interest or not, you are infringing upon our trademark and this article needs to be revised.

Requested move

User:Bicworld33 → Beer Can Cooler – Calling something a "Beer Koozie" is a violation of our federally protected trademark rights under the Lanham Act. First, you cannot trademark a "product". You can talk about beer can coolers all day long. The federally protected and registered trademark "KOOZIE(r)" is the famous name that we have coined to call products specifically made by Norwood promotional products. Using the word Koozie in the manner in which it is done is diluting our rights in and to the mark for goods that we specifically manufacture. Therefore this needs to be changed. Bicworld33 (talk) 15:04, 23 February 2012 (UTC)  Question: Did you want to put this here?--Breawycker (talk to me!) 16:46, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

If calling a beer can cooler a "koosie" is a trademark violation then why hasn't Kleenex sued the pants off of every publication over the past 9000 years that refers to facial tissue as "kleenex"? Night Ranger (talk) 01:07, 24 February 2012 (UTC)

Administrators noticeboard

I have asked a question at WP:ANI regarding your recent comment here, and whether that constitutes a legal threat. Polequant (talk) 16:47, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

Welcome to Wikipedia. Because we have a policy against usernames that give the impression that the account represents a group, organization or website, I have blocked this account; please take a moment to create a new account with a username that represents only you. You should also read our conflict of interest guideline and be aware that promotional editing is not acceptable regardless of what username you choose. If your username doesn't represent a group, organization or website, you may appeal this username block by adding the text {{unblock|reason=Your reason here ~~~~}} below this notice. Thank you. Drmies (talk) 17:41, 23 February 2012 (UTC)

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