You shouldn’t be able to trademark anything pertaining to an ancient religion. Those terms belong to all who claim the old gods as their own. Jut like you wouldn’t be able to trademark words like Christian or Islam, nobody should be allowed to trademark Heathen, specifically.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Words should not be allowed to be trademarked, that’s all there is to it.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
I'd like to see the actual copyright paperwork, just because you file doesn't mean it legitimate. This will never hold in a court of law.
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Cory Ericksen
6 years ago
The word Heathon is synonymous with old Germanic religions. It's like trying to copyright Christian, Muslim, or jewish
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Crystal Everett
6 years ago
Freedom of RELIGION please!
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Stephen Ha
6 years ago
The guy hit my business, too. I don’t know why he got the word Heathen trademarked ‘cause it’s a general term.
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Rebel Sugahbeare
6 years ago
Not only is it reprehensible that someone has been allowed to trademark a word representative of a religion but by allowing it those of us following its path are now being persecuted. Please reverse the trademark. Respectfully, Gothi Sugahbeare- Asatru/Heathen Priest
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Brandon morris
6 years ago
This violates every part of my spiritual beliefs and it needs to be reversed. No man will control my religion or beliefs we are heathens. We are proud.
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Jessica Jendro
6 years ago
I should not have to spend my morning doing something so asinine, just be able to use the word of my religion.
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Michael Russell
6 years ago
Heathen is not a brand name.
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Eric Schweighauser
6 years ago
Don’t allow the trademark of the old religions
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Anonymous
6 years ago
For those of us that refer to ourselves as 'Heathen' as a descriptor of our spiritual path, this man's action is reprehensible. He himself is not a practitioner of our belief system, but he wants to take ownership of a classification used for centuries to describe people following pre-Christian belief systems that are not related to the Abrahamic religions. Sounds like we are being targeted and even repressed from using our original designation. What's next? Is someone going trademark Catholic/Christian/Protestant, Jewish/Judaism or Islam/Muslim for the sake of financial gain? Sheesh....
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Ahdel Best
6 years ago
No one can own the name of a religion. It’s immoral
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Stina Jarenskog
6 years ago
As a heathen crafter and business owner making products for other heathens, this feels like both insane and unjust. Even if I don't use the word heathen on my products, just using the word in the description could cause Etsy to remove my listings, because the "owner " of the trademark "heathen" are threatening Etsy with legal actions. This is affecting every heathen seller on Etsy who wants to reach out to their customers. Imagine the same scenario happening with the word "Christian" or " Jewish"? This is a clear case of discrimination against a religious minority and should not be accepted.
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Jackie Self
6 years ago
Certain words used as connotations for a people, a race, a religion, a description cannot and should not be trademarked.
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Kürt Valé
6 years ago
Heathens aren't a product nor can a religion be trademarked
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Laurel Scudder
6 years ago
The word Heathen should not be copy righted. It's a religion and it's a way of life for many people
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Kerrie Black
6 years ago
Please revoke the trade mark issued to Dave Lancaster
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Sharon Lindemann
6 years ago
Universal words should not be trademarked.
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Joseph Dane
6 years ago
I am heathen and heathenry is my spiritual path and the spiritual path of many others. It is not okay for the word reserved for our religion to be trademarked by a corporatist for financial gain.
You shouldn’t be able to trademark anything pertaining to an ancient religion. Those terms belong to all who claim the old gods as their own. Jut like you wouldn’t be able to trademark words like Christian or Islam, nobody should be allowed to trademark Heathen, specifically.
Words should not be allowed to be trademarked, that’s all there is to it.
I'd like to see the actual copyright paperwork, just because you file doesn't mean it legitimate. This will never hold in a court of law.
The word Heathon is synonymous with old Germanic religions. It's like trying to copyright Christian, Muslim, or jewish
Freedom of RELIGION please!
The guy hit my business, too. I don’t know why he got the word Heathen trademarked ‘cause it’s a general term.
Not only is it reprehensible that someone has been allowed to trademark a word representative of a religion but by allowing it those of us following its path are now being persecuted. Please reverse the trademark. Respectfully, Gothi Sugahbeare- Asatru/Heathen Priest
This violates every part of my spiritual beliefs and it needs to be reversed. No man will control my religion or beliefs we are heathens. We are proud.
I should not have to spend my morning doing something so asinine, just be able to use the word of my religion.
Heathen is not a brand name.
Don’t allow the trademark of the old religions
For those of us that refer to ourselves as 'Heathen' as a descriptor of our spiritual path, this man's action is reprehensible. He himself is not a practitioner of our belief system, but he wants to take ownership of a classification used for centuries to describe people following pre-Christian belief systems that are not related to the Abrahamic religions. Sounds like we are being targeted and even repressed from using our original designation. What's next? Is someone going trademark Catholic/Christian/Protestant, Jewish/Judaism or Islam/Muslim for the sake of financial gain? Sheesh....
No one can own the name of a religion. It’s immoral
As a heathen crafter and business owner making products for other heathens, this feels like both insane and unjust. Even if I don't use the word heathen on my products, just using the word in the description could cause Etsy to remove my listings, because the "owner " of the trademark "heathen" are threatening Etsy with legal actions. This is affecting every heathen seller on Etsy who wants to reach out to their customers. Imagine the same scenario happening with the word "Christian" or " Jewish"? This is a clear case of discrimination against a religious minority and should not be accepted.
Certain words used as connotations for a people, a race, a religion, a description cannot and should not be trademarked.
Heathens aren't a product nor can a religion be trademarked
The word Heathen should not be copy righted. It's a religion and it's a way of life for many people
Please revoke the trade mark issued to Dave Lancaster
Universal words should not be trademarked.
I am heathen and heathenry is my spiritual path and the spiritual path of many others. It is not okay for the word reserved for our religion to be trademarked by a corporatist for financial gain.