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Chanel Hall Of Shame Member Added January 13, 2009 |
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Last Updated - March 6, 2011
![]() | We have toyed with adding Chanel to theses pages for some time. Mostly we haven't because of doubt that the eBay auctions being terminated were listings for legitimate Chanel merchandise. Finally, as we knew the bottom-feeder attorneys at Keats McFarland & Wilson would eventually provide opportunity, we have added Chanel. But, laughingly, they are not added because someone was selling questionable Chanel merchandise but rather for terminal stupidity. |
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Boyd's Bears makes a variety of plush bears every year. Like Beanie babies, there are collectors, and like Beanie Babies, Boyd's Bears are retired periodically. A quick look shows there are bears named Allison Babbitt, Aubergine, Bailey, Baxter B. Bean, Calvin, Churchill, to name a few, and the offensive bear, Chanel de la Plumtete. It appears that Chanel and their ignorant lawyers at Keats McFarland & Wilson believe that only they have the right to use the word "Chanel" in any and all forms. Trademark infringement is when someone uses another's trademark to cause confusion as to the origin of an item. When Boyd's Bears call a teddy bear Chanel de la Plumtete, only a moronic bottom-feeder lawyer at Keats McFarland & Wilson would believe anyone would be confused as to the origin of the teddy bear. |
![]() | An just who is this idiot at at Keats McFarland & Wilson who thinks this teddy bear is infringing? David Caplan, Larry McFarland's own Stepin Fetchit. David Caplan has authored a pretentious, over-bearing, lengthy, and we think unethical canned response letter to the poor souls who were shut down by him and his fascist eBay trollers (fascist is appropriate here given the well established ties Chanel had with the Nazis in WWII as a collaborator.) |
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Here are what we consider to be the lies and misrepresentations made in this response email signed by David Caplan: |
1. "a trained representative of Chanel reviewed your auction". What a crock. The complaint to eBay came from the offices of Keats McFarland & Wilson. Just who on their staff is "trained" by Chanel? No one! But the response email gives one the impression Chanel trained the office minion doing the trolling. KMW did the training and it's very likely the training existed only of "If it says 'Chanel' close it down" and "Go get me another cup of coffee while you're at it".
2. The "trained representative of Chanel ... believes the item being sold was a counterfeit"
3. Provide proof so "we may conduct a secondary review of the item"
4. "Chanel will NOT request that eBay reinstate your account to good standing". |
Here are the emails that we have for attorneys at Keats McFarland & Wilson as of this posting: |
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We are guessing the other email addresses for attorneys at www.kmwlaw.com are similar in structure. And we are guessing that their ethics are as low as those of David Caplan. In our opinion, the garbage email makes David Caplan a liar and a fraud who should be disbarred. |
 
 
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