Trend Hunter Founder Filed Trademark Violation … Against Himself!

By Alex in Blogs & Internet on Jul 14, 2009 at 4:29 am

Jeremy Gutsche, the founder of Trend Hunter blog, wanted the blog’s Facebook Fan Page to be /trendhunter but the website doesn’t allow users to switch their username. So he came up with a brilliant solution: he filed a trademark violation … against himself!

So, I personally squatted on the /trendhunter username to make sure nobody else registered it…

The problem with this approach is that Facebook does not let users switch their username. So how could I get the Trend Hunter Fan Page to be /trendhunter?

This week I noticed that trademark owners could file trademark violation reports and secure back their trademarks… So I did.

Specifically, I filed a Trademark Violation against myself, and within a day, Facebook relinquished the username back to the trademark owner… Which, of course, is also me.

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Oh and by the way, we do have our very own Neatorama Facebook Fan Page, y’know!


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  1. Backwards
    Jul 14th, 2009 at 5:17 am

    facebook is old news! do people still use this stalker’s cataloge website?

  2. lorena bee
    Jul 14th, 2009 at 5:43 am

    Hey, worked for me. :) Glad to see I’m as smart as those guys. :P

  3. Gail Pink
    Jul 14th, 2009 at 7:29 am

    Re:>>The problem with this approach is that Facebook does not let users switch their username. So how could I get the Trend Hunter Fan Page to be /trendhunter?<

    Um, how about closing one account and opening another under the name you want? Duh.

  4. Jeremy Gutsche
    Jul 14th, 2009 at 9:59 am

    @Gail Once you pick a username it cannot be reassigned even if you close an account…

  5. seekshelter
    Jul 14th, 2009 at 4:43 pm

    his blog wouldn’t open. i coudn’t figure out his problem. did he mean that he had his own facebook account with all his friends and stuff and when they gave out the usernames… he used /trendhunter for it?? then… when he wanted his business or whatever he does to have a facebook account.. he couldnt use the name since it was already on his other?? ok… i think i explained it to myself while typing that up…


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