Skiology Matt in Litigation

Skiology, LLC v. Bramble

Trademark case filed on January 27, 2023 in the Vermont District Court

dockets.justia.com

 

[thetrailboss]

"an answer to Skiology Matt" who recently posted an explanation for his stealing the name of the skiology shop in Killington for his Weather forecasting business. https://nyskiblog.com/.../skiology-whats-your.../post-62565
Matt - as someone who has shaken your hand in the early days of your "business" quest, I know much about what you are stating here in this forum and how much you are lying. It's clear that, as others stated in the now closed thread, that you are trying to create a narrative that sounds plausible for your legal entanglement.
Having been a past participant in the clownology group, I know first hand why people dislike you. - So let's get things straight, no one wants to actually hurt you, or "go after" you in a physical manner. this is your own machination. People want to laugh at you and go after you to get a reaction, which thankfully you hand out frequently, but often it's using your moderation powers within your facebook group.

When there is a discussion about ski or snowboard tuning, or about ski areas, or virtually any subject you are not expert on, you act like a total narcissist and shut down, delete and even kick people out of the group for having a differing opinion than your own. Yes, you are a pretty good weather hobbiest/ forecaster who went in deep on their hobby, but that doesn't make you knowledgeable of all things skiing & boarding, especially since you have only been in the sport for 6 years.

Frankly, the best way to sum up how you come across is by calling out the name you probably hate the most in this world, Trump. I am not trying to be political, but since I know where your politics are, you come across exactly like Trump, on ALL subjects in your precious little group - "I alone..." know everything about everything. "You all should be thankful I put this stuff up for free in the hope that some of you will pay me money." The joke about all of this is that you rip off almost all of your content and maps from yet another weather hobbyist on the web. It's also funny to me that you have spies in various groups screenshotting the content for you. I know first hand from another past clownology member who you thought they were your friend and you approached them to send you a list of everyone in the group, etc. Do you really not care who dislikes you? It's also amazing how you will stop at nothing to trash other people, hurt their reputations and not have a care about it at all. For instance the employee at Mt Snow a couple of years ago, the visible names you posted this week in your screen shot of the clownology group, etc. Curious, why did you blur one name but not the other three, do you have a vendetta against those three people? Lastly, why do you get to have a name that violates Facebook's terms of service? You expect everyone else to be on the up and up, but rules don't apply to you?

Let's get down to the real matter here. The lawsuit with The ski shop. You claim you did a search, really? did you hire an IP lawyer to do that for you? an expert in the topic? or was it on your own given that you believe you are expert on everything? Here's what I think happened: on one of your many visits to Killington during your first year or two of snowboarding(visible in FB posts), that you saw the shop name and thought it would be a good name after all you have proclaimed - "I am not a weatherman, I am a skiologist." Do tell us how you actually thought of the name. I am reminded of this scene from Working Girl https://youtu.be/m8WRHX2t_hE?si=nWN07zGCYwGB3wfd -

You probably went out searching for the domain to buy(you are in the internet hosting biz, so you understand how this works), and found out (as the ski shop did) that a Canadian owned the domain and had used it for something else. Being a guy in the web business, you got them to sell you the name and somehow you think that gave you the right to name and to then shit all over the reputation a small business that spent years building their local reputation in Killington. A family that invested in rent, inventory and all things a brick and mortar business requires, not sitting on their coach prognosticating plagiarized reposts about weather.

While you may not have done anything "illegal," your business morals are questionable at best. btw, I know personally that you knew of the the ski shop when you and I met pre pandemic, because YOU told me about it. This makes you a liar on all sorts of things. The joke is that you see no harm in utilizing a name that someone else created and even told me to my face that "it didn't matter that you had the same name because I am weather and they are a ski shop." Lastly Matt, why do YOU always have drama surrounding you? why do you always have to silence people that have differing opinions than yourself? you should be happy that people come to your facebook group and offer their expertise and tips to others, just as you dove into weather, many people have expertise on many facets of snowsports and ski areas that you cannot even begin to scratch the surface of. Instead, you silence them, kick them out of your group and create more drama. btw, think the Trump comparison is unfair? He raises $ for an election but spends it on attorneys. You beg for money on your facebook group and have spent it not on web development, but on.... Legal fees, having paid at least two attorney retainers. I am curious, why did you fire the first attorney? Guessing they told you that the right thing was to settle and you narcissism kicked in telling you otherwise.so, do us all a favor, stop the lies, if you really are leaving facebook and have found a thousand suckers to pay you money for that which they can easily find for free on the web, good for you Mr Barnum, but please stop being like Mr Trump and thinking the world is out to get you, just because.

Congratulations. The Skiology Ski Store Legal Team will be sending you a subpoena to testify.

 

[skiur]

You would need to ask Nick. Moderators don't have the option to edit posts, only delete them

Who is Nick?

 

[urungus]

Who is Nick?

This sites absentee owner

 

[skiur]

This sites absentee owner

You missed the sarcasm in my post.

 

[BodeMiller1]

He takes easily accessible information, copy and pastes it then acts like he created it all. Perfect gaper bait, they love to be spoon fed.

Are these publicly traded companies? This looks like a sure thing.


Geology is to the earth

as

Skiology is to X. X is not always known.

 

[BodeMiller1]

15 yards piling on...

4th and 91 meow

 

[Domeskier]

Nick and Skiology Matt kind of look alike. How long ago to Nick go AWOL?

 

[dan OCallahan]

Congratulations. The Skiology Ski Store Legal Team will be sending you a subpoena to testify.

what makes you think I haven't already?

 

[dan OCallahan]

Could you possibly provide this screen shot, please? Everything you said is spot on.

unfortunately, as per post #392 above, the NY Ski Blog removed the whole thread.

 

[CloveHitch]

unfortunately, as per post #392 above, the NY Ski Blog removed the whole thread.

Certainly, Dan, you've seen this: https://vtskiandride.com/northeast-skiology/

 

[djd66]

unfortunately, as per post #392 above, the NY Ski Blog removed the whole thread.

Here’s a screen shot of the rest of the banter before it got shut down:

 

[JimG.]

Here’s a screen shot of the rest of the banter before it got shut down:

Interesting.

 

[thetrailboss]

Certainly, Dan, you've seen this: https://vtskiandride.com/northeast-skiology/

And “he was exempt from COVID rules because he was a member of the media!”

 

[thetrailboss]

Here’s a screen shot of the rest of the banter before it got shut down:

And that is Exhibit 1 for his opponent’s case. Especially the part outlining his business strategy and how he makes income off of the name Skicology. His lawyer will kill him.

 

[SenorQuesadilla]

Here’s a screen shot of the rest of the banter before it got shut down:

Was curious why the thread was deleted, so I was glad to see this. That was perfectly stated and reasoned. Props @Harvey

 

[jimmywilson69]

He is definitely a "HEY LOOK AT ME" type of personality.

I too can look at weather model information and make predictions. I just choose not to do it publicly, because I'm not a meteorologist and a narcisist.

 

[deadheadskier]

Maybe Matt should change the name of his service to Xology. He certainly appears to believe he's the smartest guy in the room and is really important, just like Elon.

 

[jimmywilson69]

He should just go away. Then again if 1000 gapers were dumb enough to pay for this guys "opinion presented as fact" I guess more power to him.

I hope he loses and owes the ski shop more than he's made to be honest...

 

[BodeMiller1]

unfortunately, as per post #392 above, the NY Ski Blog removed the whole thread.

This does not mean it's not actionable. Just because the blog is acting in good faith doesn't give relief to the poster. Just stay on top of your copy writes, etc.

Internet law cannot / has not been able to keep up with the pace. We can blame it on Moore's Law and the horrible, horribles.

"Gordon Moore’s 1965 forecast that the number of components on an integrated circuit would double every year until it reached an astonishing 65,000 by 1975 is the greatest technological prediction of the last half-century. When it proved correct in 1975, he revised what has become known as Moore’s Law to a doubling of transistors on a chip every two years."

We’re not prepared for the end of Moore’s Law

It has fueled prosperity of the last 50 years. But the end is now in sight.

www.technologyreview.com

The internet will be the "wild west" of law for the for seeable future. If you post "I like you're hat" another person can say "Your hat is ****ing dog ***t." It's protected speech.

There are exceptions:

1) copy write.
2) threats
3) All other illegal things.

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[thetrailboss]