"Heathen" is no more trademark-able than "Catholic", "Christian", "Pagan", or "Buddhist".
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Anonymous
6 years ago
A company should not be able to trademark the name of a faith community. Nobody owns the name "Christian", "Jew", "Muslim", "Sikh", "Hindu", etc. etc. Heathenry is a recognized religion in the United States, and in other countries around the world. As a person who considered themselves heathen, my identity IS NOT to be trademarked.
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Justin Agee
6 years ago
Don't trademark my beliefs for your personal gain
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Marc Rhodes-Taylor
6 years ago
you can't simply trademark our religion, how is this even possible. ridiculous.
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Amber Carter
6 years ago
Just no.
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Eric Badders
6 years ago
NO to the Heathen trademark.
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Jonathan Andrews
6 years ago
Not only is heathen a general word that should not be allowed to be trademarked in a fashion that prevents others from using it, but it is also a religious/spiritual term and a cultural identity that should be even further protected from this type of nonsense. While I don't consider myself heathen (or a member of any one particular religious or spiritual sect) I respect and support those who do, both spiritually and culturally. Here's hoping this petition in some way helps secure the freedom of the term and the connotation it implies for any who would seek to use it honorably.
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Shannon A Rhoten
6 years ago
No one can trademark or make money from my faith. My ancestors deserve better and so do future generations of Heathens.
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Jeffry Peck
6 years ago
The name of my faith is not a trademark!!
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Sue Madell
6 years ago
I am pagan and even though I don’t identify as heathen I fear where this might lead.
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Tom Tyler
6 years ago
Why are commonly used terms , words, or cliches even considered trademarkable. Make your word, term or parable. That is original. Not theivery of historical words. As terms change over time, are there going to be trademark battles based on common usage changes?
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Thomas Mayernik
6 years ago
Disgraceful
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Candice Brooks
6 years ago
This is an outrageous appropriation of an entire culture that will not stand for it. You cannot trademark a cultural identity.
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Euan ross
6 years ago
Heathen is an internationally recognised term not just USA and should be recognised in the same way Christian and Muslim or Jew are.
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Gwendolyn Jordan
6 years ago
Proud heathen. I'm with you on this. How do you try to own a word that doesn't even mean what it originally did?
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Vikki
6 years ago
I am heathen
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Tyler Race
6 years ago
Im still finding my place in the world and this is the general term ive come to define myself and i refuse to let this happen
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Heather is a term used for centuries. It shouldn’t be trademarked. Neither should the word Pagan.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Trademarking heathen would be like trademarking "christian." This is my religion and should not be trademarked.
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Douglas Midkiff MacInnis
6 years ago
The act of trademarking a word so directly connected with a people’s faith should be protected even if the courts that would do so recognize another belief system.
I’m confident that Catholics would never stand for their faith be owned by anyone for personal profit.
It is wrong, immoral and clearly carried out by those seeking profit not Glory!
"Heathen" is no more trademark-able than "Catholic", "Christian", "Pagan", or "Buddhist".
A company should not be able to trademark the name of a faith community. Nobody owns the name "Christian", "Jew", "Muslim", "Sikh", "Hindu", etc. etc. Heathenry is a recognized religion in the United States, and in other countries around the world. As a person who considered themselves heathen, my identity IS NOT to be trademarked.
Don't trademark my beliefs for your personal gain
you can't simply trademark our religion, how is this even possible. ridiculous.
Just no.
NO to the Heathen trademark.
Not only is heathen a general word that should not be allowed to be trademarked in a fashion that prevents others from using it, but it is also a religious/spiritual term and a cultural identity that should be even further protected from this type of nonsense. While I don't consider myself heathen (or a member of any one particular religious or spiritual sect) I respect and support those who do, both spiritually and culturally. Here's hoping this petition in some way helps secure the freedom of the term and the connotation it implies for any who would seek to use it honorably.
No one can trademark or make money from my faith. My ancestors deserve better and so do future generations of Heathens.
The name of my faith is not a trademark!!
I am pagan and even though I don’t identify as heathen I fear where this might lead.
Why are commonly used terms , words, or cliches even considered trademarkable. Make your word, term or parable. That is original. Not theivery of historical words. As terms change over time, are there going to be trademark battles based on common usage changes?
Disgraceful
This is an outrageous appropriation of an entire culture that will not stand for it. You cannot trademark a cultural identity.
Heathen is an internationally recognised term not just USA and should be recognised in the same way Christian and Muslim or Jew are.
Proud heathen. I'm with you on this. How do you try to own a word that doesn't even mean what it originally did?
I am heathen
Im still finding my place in the world and this is the general term ive come to define myself and i refuse to let this happen
Heather is a term used for centuries. It shouldn’t be trademarked. Neither should the word Pagan.
Trademarking heathen would be like trademarking "christian." This is my religion and should not be trademarked.
The act of trademarking a word so directly connected with a people’s faith should be protected even if the courts that would do so recognize another belief system. I’m confident that Catholics would never stand for their faith be owned by anyone for personal profit. It is wrong, immoral and clearly carried out by those seeking profit not Glory!