Just wanted to share this out while it's getting sorted with relevant parties.
My business account, DialsAndStraps, was recently deleted on instagram over a trademark/copyright infringement. The company? International Watchman.
I had read about him back a year or so about the lawsuit in which he trademarked the word "NATO" and there was a lawsuit with him against 18 other NATO strap sellers. Yes, 18 others.
And apparently he won the case, under stupid and fuc8ked up reasons in which many watch strap enthusiasts on WUS condemn it. A quick search on his webstore shows how incompetent he is while running a business.
Keywords for google : International Watchman llc, nato strap lawsuit
Apparently he is now targeting small ebay sellers, Instagram webstore and FB pages just like me and are shutting down us one by one. Pathetic trademark troll lel.
Funny thing about instagram is that they sent me an email stating a violation of the trademark on 423am, another one on the same time on 423am stating that they deleted off my account. Talk about efficiency
Anyways, currently sorting it out with Instagram to get back AT LEAST my trade account name.
http://www.watchfreeks.com/41-straps-other...r-issues-2.htmlJust wanted to share how fucked up a person can be and how desperate he can get. Let's see whether does he try to sue Omega and Tudor over the usage of the word NATO as well.
edit: any lawyers can advise whether if I list the ad "NATOs/NATOS" would it be an infringement as well?
This post has been edited by Apple_DarreN: Nov 6 2016, 06:59 PM