SON OF COCKY: a writer is trying to trademark "DRAGON SLAYER" for fantasy novels
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3SA0R)
Back in May, the romance writing community was rocked by a scandal after author Faleena Hopkins started enforcing a trademark over the common word "COCKY" in the titles of romance novels; I predicted then that there would be some sociopaths who would observe the controversy and decide that it was an inspiration, rather than a warning, and start trying to use trademark to steal other words from writers and their titles. (more")