I am Heathen.
We. Are Heathen.
There are a people who stand behind thaf and follow a path to the Old Gods.
Heathen is not a fashion statement or a trademark. Its a religion. A way of life.
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Ridge Swaney
6 years ago
My religion is not a trademark
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Allison
6 years ago
So wrong and so greedy!
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Christopher Dyrud-Young
6 years ago
Heathen is a common word, in use for more than a thousand years, across many cultures. The use of the word HEATHEN printed on textiles, or used in any other way, does not meet the standards for copyright protection under Title 17 of the US Code, or any other statutory law that I am aware of.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
No one should be able to trademark the name of a religion.
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Jason Aston
6 years ago
"Heathen" isn't a marketing device. It's what we are
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Hermione Volino
6 years ago
The name Heathen should not be trademarked and his trademark should be revoked.
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Donald Watkins
6 years ago
It's ludicrous that someone could own the rights to a common religious descriptor.
On the other hand, if this goes south I'll be happy to trademark every religious descriptor I can think of.
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Megan Paulsen
6 years ago
This is not right. This word comes from a religious and belief system you can not trademark a religious word that has been around long before any of us!
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Corinna Gonzalez
6 years ago
You cannot trademark a word that has existed for hundreds of years.
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Dustin Lotz
6 years ago
Drop the trademark
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WolfAlfatherson
6 years ago
The word "heathen" is a Germanic word which originally referred to followers of the indigenous, pre-Christian religious beliefs and practices of the various European tribes, and especially of the Germanic tribes. The word comes from the fact that throughout central and northern Europe, densely populated urban areas tended to be Christianized first, and rural country-dwellers who lived out on the "heaths" tended to retain their indigenous, pre-Christian beliefs and practices for longer. More recently the word has come to be used by Christians to refer to followers of all non-Abrahamic religions. However, the word "heathen" is still used especially to refer to followers of the indigenous, pre-Christian religious beliefs and practices of the various European tribes. Moreover, I've looked at some of the stuff Dave Lancaster is selling under his "heathen" trademark, and frankly, there's nothing even remotely heathen about most of the stuff he's selling. I did see one Mjolnir T-shirt in his inventory, but for the most part, nothing he's selling as anything to do with any actual heathenry. Honestly, his products really look like the sort of stuff you'd expect a bunch of prison tattoo artists and outlaw bikers to sell at a heavy metal concert, much more than they look like anything you'd actually see at any actual heathen blot. As far as I'm concerned, he doesn't even have any right to use the name "heathen", let alone a right to tell actual heathens that they can't use that name. You might have heard of some of the controversy surrounding Native Americans being used as sports mascots. Well, it's bad enough to copy someone else's name without their permission, but what Dave Lancaster is doing is even worse than that. He's not just appropriating a religious term which he has no business using. He's also trying to stop genuine followers of the religion that term applies to, from using that term for what it actually refers to. That's like telling the Apache nation that they ha
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Mark Curtis
6 years ago
I'm astonished that this is even an issue. The word Heathen has been in common use for ages and shouldn't be locked up like this. Apple computer doesn't object to people selling apples (the fruit). How I'd this any different?
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Marshall Blosser
6 years ago
The word heathen should no more be copyrighted for a company than the word Christian should. They both describe a religion
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Marisa Fuller
6 years ago
Please stop this!!!
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Hayley S
6 years ago
Seriously? We cannot have regular vernacular words getting boxed in with trademarks like this. I'm not the affected demographic but the principle is something I certainly care about. How absurd.
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Alaric DeRousse
6 years ago
Heathen is NOT a trademark, it is a religious practice shared by literally thousands of Americans.
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Gavin Gauddard
6 years ago
Once, this was an insult and derogatory term.
Generations have now embraced the term and made it their own.
This word belongs to the folk, not any single man or company.
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Camilla Cracchiolo
6 years ago
Sorry, but despite your trademark, you don't own the word Heathen. You can't trademark common words in the dictionary. There have been legal rulings on this before. Furthermore, you're dicks for even trying and if you want a boycott and lots of bad publicity, this is the way to do it.
Skal!
I am Heathen. We. Are Heathen. There are a people who stand behind thaf and follow a path to the Old Gods. Heathen is not a fashion statement or a trademark. Its a religion. A way of life.
My religion is not a trademark
So wrong and so greedy!
Heathen is a common word, in use for more than a thousand years, across many cultures. The use of the word HEATHEN printed on textiles, or used in any other way, does not meet the standards for copyright protection under Title 17 of the US Code, or any other statutory law that I am aware of.
No one should be able to trademark the name of a religion.
"Heathen" isn't a marketing device. It's what we are
The name Heathen should not be trademarked and his trademark should be revoked.
It's ludicrous that someone could own the rights to a common religious descriptor. On the other hand, if this goes south I'll be happy to trademark every religious descriptor I can think of.
This is not right. This word comes from a religious and belief system you can not trademark a religious word that has been around long before any of us!
You cannot trademark a word that has existed for hundreds of years.
Drop the trademark
The word "heathen" is a Germanic word which originally referred to followers of the indigenous, pre-Christian religious beliefs and practices of the various European tribes, and especially of the Germanic tribes. The word comes from the fact that throughout central and northern Europe, densely populated urban areas tended to be Christianized first, and rural country-dwellers who lived out on the "heaths" tended to retain their indigenous, pre-Christian beliefs and practices for longer. More recently the word has come to be used by Christians to refer to followers of all non-Abrahamic religions. However, the word "heathen" is still used especially to refer to followers of the indigenous, pre-Christian religious beliefs and practices of the various European tribes. Moreover, I've looked at some of the stuff Dave Lancaster is selling under his "heathen" trademark, and frankly, there's nothing even remotely heathen about most of the stuff he's selling. I did see one Mjolnir T-shirt in his inventory, but for the most part, nothing he's selling as anything to do with any actual heathenry. Honestly, his products really look like the sort of stuff you'd expect a bunch of prison tattoo artists and outlaw bikers to sell at a heavy metal concert, much more than they look like anything you'd actually see at any actual heathen blot. As far as I'm concerned, he doesn't even have any right to use the name "heathen", let alone a right to tell actual heathens that they can't use that name. You might have heard of some of the controversy surrounding Native Americans being used as sports mascots. Well, it's bad enough to copy someone else's name without their permission, but what Dave Lancaster is doing is even worse than that. He's not just appropriating a religious term which he has no business using. He's also trying to stop genuine followers of the religion that term applies to, from using that term for what it actually refers to. That's like telling the Apache nation that they ha
I'm astonished that this is even an issue. The word Heathen has been in common use for ages and shouldn't be locked up like this. Apple computer doesn't object to people selling apples (the fruit). How I'd this any different?
The word heathen should no more be copyrighted for a company than the word Christian should. They both describe a religion
Please stop this!!!
Seriously? We cannot have regular vernacular words getting boxed in with trademarks like this. I'm not the affected demographic but the principle is something I certainly care about. How absurd.
Heathen is NOT a trademark, it is a religious practice shared by literally thousands of Americans.
Once, this was an insult and derogatory term. Generations have now embraced the term and made it their own. This word belongs to the folk, not any single man or company.
Sorry, but despite your trademark, you don't own the word Heathen. You can't trademark common words in the dictionary. There have been legal rulings on this before. Furthermore, you're dicks for even trying and if you want a boycott and lots of bad publicity, this is the way to do it.