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Law Firm of Banner Witcoff

Trademark attorney Joseph Berghammer of Banner & Witcoff in Chicago, is quoted in an article in the December 2, 2004 edition of The National Law Review as saying: "Sometimes court is the only logical place to go for companies struggling to deal with gripe sites". "When you sue them, now you're in a realm where a corporation is very comfortable," Berghammer said. "When it gets serious enough, corporations bring it back into a field that they understand. I have seen that individuals [who are sued] will become a little shier about just shooting off with whatever they want to say." He went on to say: "In many cases, filing a lawsuit is a way to ratchet up the professionalism of the dispute rather than dealing with the Wild West of the Internet." He said that in the last year(2004), about a half-dozen times clients have complained to him about being criticized on gripe sites. Berghammer has not recommended suing because the criticisms don't merit a lawsuit, he said. (Wrong. Read carefully; that's exactly what he promotes plus the fat legal fee that goes with it.) However, Berghammer said, he understands why some companies pursue litigation despite the long odds. Some believe their cases are different from the ones that have lost. Some may try to argue that the gripe site is "diluting" their trademark, a relatively new argument in the trademark arena. And some just simply feel their trademark is in danger, he said. (Pure garbage and the courts support that it stinks). "They may think, 'What else can I do? The law tells me I need to enforce my mark. This is disparaging my mark, and I want this potential individual to know that we take this very seriously,'" Berghammer said. (As seriously as they take the fat wallets of their clients).

Joseph Berghammer and Banner & Witcoff have been added to these pages because of what we consider to be their unethical and illegal attitude in attacking people who have not been infringing. Hey you idiot, fair use encompasses the legitimate use of a logo and a name. Their web site is http://www.bannerwitcoff.com/.