Oh the danger of author egos! A brilliant reflection here on the whole controversy surrounding ‘cocky-gate’, seriously you couldn’t make this stuff up! Thank you to the fabulous Tricia for your wonderful and insightful musings on the subject. 😉
By now, most of you have heard about #Cockygate. If not, let me catch you up to speed:
Romance author, Faleena Hopkins, filed a trademark on the word “cocky.” Once her trademark was approved, Faleena allegedly sent cease and desist letters to other authors who happened to have the word “cocky” in the titles of their books. There have been reports that she also asked Amazon to remove some of these books, though I’m not sure how many authors have been affected by this. Faleena has said she trademarked “cocky” in order to protect her series and her brand. She says her readers were getting confused because when they searched for her books, they stumbled upon books written by other authors.
Over the past several days, authors have been furious… and frightened too. What gives Faleena the right to trademark a commonly used word? A word, in fact, that other…
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I agree that Tricia’s post was great!
It was fab wasn’t it? 😀 I wonder if the ‘cocky-gate’ author herself has any regrets and reservations about her behaviour…lol, probably not!