I'm the author of Asatru: A Beginner's Guide to the Heathen Path coming this summer from a major publisher of pagan and occult books. My publisher chose to put the word Heathen in my title because it's the most common search term used by people interested in my religion. That's also the reason that many artists and crafters use the term Heathen in their listings on art and craft sites, and these artists are having their religious message shirts and devotional objects yanked by the sites for using the word Heathen because of Heathen Productions telling those sites he owns the word. He is misusing his trademark to attack members of a religion, and should lose his trademark.
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Robert Chase
6 years ago
Can't believe I have to sign a petition to be able to fully enjoy my religion!!
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Dyllan Hatfield
6 years ago
As heathens, we must rise as one to protect our heritage. For Odin, For the path to wisdom, For our ancestors we must fight!
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Craig Thompson
6 years ago
The fact that this trademark request was approved is utterly ridiculous. I a proud heathen, and no one should own the right to deny a persons use of that word. Proves to me that the owner of said company is not a true heathen.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Just like you can’t copyright the term “Christian “, the term “heathen” should not be copyrighted!
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Maggie Mae Roze
6 years ago
No one should be allowed to trademark the name of any religious practice or any pre-existing name of anything.
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Guthrie Smith
6 years ago
Felt it wrong to trade mark a word use in my religion.
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James Swann
6 years ago
Ridiculous to try to claim trademark on a word used for ages.
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Zachary beebe
6 years ago
That fact that Heathen Nation thinks that they can trademark word that represents my faith and the faith of others is wrong and the fact that they are keeping other heathens from providing there merchandise is equally as wrong.
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Thomas
6 years ago
A religion should not be trademarked
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Stephan Gunn
6 years ago
This is an insult and religious comercial bigotry. He’s NOT heathen in the least. Just a dollar store refneck.
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Anonymous
6 years ago
Its a religion.. not something that can be trademarked
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Cassi Hinson
6 years ago
It is fundamentally and ethically wrong, to trade mark a name used for hundreds of years to identify followers of a religion. Heathenry has been followed for centuries, the name belongs to the faith.
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Kaleb Dike
6 years ago
You will not capitalize my beliefs parentheses heathenism has no place in corporate Society
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Jeremy Crowley
6 years ago
This word is literally millennia old, it would be like trying to copy right, "The" or "faith".
It has been used to describe my religion and other religions of most of that time and in the modern has become the rallying name for my faith.
Lancaster doesn't own my faith, nor should he.
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Joshua Konyndyk
6 years ago
Words cannot be owned!
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Jeremy Crowley
6 years ago
It is sickening that Lancaster would claim to own a word that has existed for literally millennia and has been used frequently to describe a religion that is equally as old.
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Liam Stroman
6 years ago
No one should own the name to a religion thousands of years old
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Jeanene Hammers-Reimer
6 years ago
The trademark office should never have authorized this to begin with.
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Rowan
6 years ago
You wouldn't see this kind of this with the word 'Christian,' 'Muslim,' or any other religion/religious name. Why is it acceptable for Heathens?
I'm the author of Asatru: A Beginner's Guide to the Heathen Path coming this summer from a major publisher of pagan and occult books. My publisher chose to put the word Heathen in my title because it's the most common search term used by people interested in my religion. That's also the reason that many artists and crafters use the term Heathen in their listings on art and craft sites, and these artists are having their religious message shirts and devotional objects yanked by the sites for using the word Heathen because of Heathen Productions telling those sites he owns the word. He is misusing his trademark to attack members of a religion, and should lose his trademark.
Can't believe I have to sign a petition to be able to fully enjoy my religion!!
As heathens, we must rise as one to protect our heritage. For Odin, For the path to wisdom, For our ancestors we must fight!
The fact that this trademark request was approved is utterly ridiculous. I a proud heathen, and no one should own the right to deny a persons use of that word. Proves to me that the owner of said company is not a true heathen.
Just like you can’t copyright the term “Christian “, the term “heathen” should not be copyrighted!
No one should be allowed to trademark the name of any religious practice or any pre-existing name of anything.
Felt it wrong to trade mark a word use in my religion.
Ridiculous to try to claim trademark on a word used for ages.
That fact that Heathen Nation thinks that they can trademark word that represents my faith and the faith of others is wrong and the fact that they are keeping other heathens from providing there merchandise is equally as wrong.
A religion should not be trademarked
This is an insult and religious comercial bigotry. He’s NOT heathen in the least. Just a dollar store refneck.
Its a religion.. not something that can be trademarked
It is fundamentally and ethically wrong, to trade mark a name used for hundreds of years to identify followers of a religion. Heathenry has been followed for centuries, the name belongs to the faith.
You will not capitalize my beliefs parentheses heathenism has no place in corporate Society
This word is literally millennia old, it would be like trying to copy right, "The" or "faith". It has been used to describe my religion and other religions of most of that time and in the modern has become the rallying name for my faith. Lancaster doesn't own my faith, nor should he.
Words cannot be owned!
It is sickening that Lancaster would claim to own a word that has existed for literally millennia and has been used frequently to describe a religion that is equally as old.
No one should own the name to a religion thousands of years old
The trademark office should never have authorized this to begin with.
You wouldn't see this kind of this with the word 'Christian,' 'Muslim,' or any other religion/religious name. Why is it acceptable for Heathens?