Cockygate defeated: judge finds "Cocky" trademark for romance titles unenforceable
by Cory Doctorow from on (#3SFHN)
You'll recall that self-published romance author Faleena Hopkins undertook the sociopathic step of registering a trademark on the word "Cocky" in the titles of romance novels and then had her rivals' works removed from Amazon, threatening to sue any writer who used the common word in a title in the future. (more")