Melodrama Publishing, LLC v. Santiago

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Case Number:

1:12-cv-07830

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Trademark

Judge:

Jed S. Rakoff

  1. April 11, 2013

    Author's Pen Name Was Really Trademark Fraud, Judge Rules

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday voided an author's pseudonym trademark registration, ruling that she fraudulently applied for it by passing off someone else's work as her own and that a book publisher was the trademark's rightful owner.

  2. October 22, 2012

    Author's Pseudonym Trademark Is A Scam, Publisher Says

    New York-based publisher Melodrama Publishing LLC on Friday accused an author of fraudulently trademarking her pseudonym, Nisa Santiago, after failing to deliver a series of novels about a female drug kingpin that was eventually penned by another author.

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