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Skiology Matt in Litigation

ThatGuy

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Legality is one thing…ethics is another. No one can convince me he didn’t see the name Skiology on the Killington access road and steal it.
Also all of the “useful information” he puts out is readily available online if you have the slightest inclination do some due diligence and educate yourself. Hes not a meteorologist he is a plagiarist…
 

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Additionally, a simple google search would have shown there was an existing business at Killington that uses that name, he made the stupid business decision to use it anyway. If I owned the ski shop, I would be pissed too - as there are people coming into his shop saying they did not receive products they paid for and there is all kinds of bad press going around about this guy.
Also the son of the owner is named Matt which is leading to even more confusion from customers
 

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Legality is one thing…ethics is another. No one can convince me he didn’t see the name Skiology on the Killington access road and steal it.
Also all of the “useful information” he puts out is readily available online if you have the slightest inclination do some due diligence and educate yourself. Hes not a meteorologist he is a plagiarist…
Bingo...
 

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Hopefully this will enable him to focus on providing the best ski weather summaries for non weather geeks without undue distractions in the 23-24 season.
 

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This is great news. Now we can get back to focusing on the Vail Sucks thread and hopefully move that one back up and onto the first page.
 

Ski2LiveLive2Ski

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Yeah it seems the ski shop wasted a stupid amount of money trying to convince a court that offering free weather updates on FB should be considered competing with a ski shop
 

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Would be curious to read the actual settlement if someone on here has a pacer subscription
 

Ski2LiveLive2Ski

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Wasn't charging anyone at the time of the court case and folks competing in different markets can use the same name. It seems the court decided that a Facebook Weather group and a Ski Shop were not competing in the same market, regardless of Matt also selling merch.

Now by all means the Ski Shop could bring another suit to close down his paid access site. That would be a different case than the one dismissed with prejudice. Up to them if that is the best way to invest money in their business.
 

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dude is charging people and stole their name. in fact everything he spouts off is stolen down to the images from Tropical Tid Bits...
If he is using info/maps from Tropical Tidbits or any other weather sercvice on a paid weather service without permission he is liable. There is not much to decide in such a case, other than damages awarded.

FYI - I have silenced him on FB. His spewing about the hurricanes was too much.....
 

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Wasn't charging anyone at the time of the court case and folks competing in different markets can use the same name. It seems the court decided that a Facebook Weather group and a Ski Shop were not competing in the same market, regardless of Matt also selling merch.

Now by all means the Ski Shop could bring another suit to close down his paid access site. That would be a different case than the one dismissed with prejudice. Up to them if that is the best way to invest money in their business.
Could I open a strip club named McDonalds?
 

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Today's update: https://www.pacermonitor.com/public/case/47604315/Skiology,_LLC_v_Bramble

Wtf does "STIPULATION of Dismissal With Prejudice by Skiology, LLC" mean?
As said, the parties have agreed to drop the lawsuit. They are asking the Court to basically treat the dismissal as on the merits and that it cannot be revived.

Behind the scenes was a settlement agreement of some kind. Usually an exchange of money for a release. The fact that he has settled is impressive considering that we all figured that his ego would drive him to go all the way.
 

Ski2LiveLive2Ski

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Could I open a strip club named McDonalds?
There is a chance it would pass legal muster, but for super famous brands there can be a higher hurdle to overcome for other markets particularly ones that are scandalous.

McDonalds is super vigilant and has deep pockets so you would have to survive a big legal blitz no doubt. You would be better to name it Stripology.
 

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A few years back everyone got very upset with backcountry.com for suing other brands with the name backcountry in it, but yet, in this instance, everyone seems to be on the side of Skiology the ski shop doing the exact same thing and suing some other guy in a different market.

I really don't get it. The weather guy is a blowhard online but those are a dime a dozen, present company included (let me emphasize that point for a moment...). I don't get the hullabaloo other than some thinly veiled jealousy that this guy figured out how to monetize what we all have been doing for years on this forum and others for free.
 

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A few years back everyone got very upset with backcountry.com for suing other brands with the name backcountry in it, but yet, in this instance, everyone seems to be on the side of Skiology the ski shop doing the exact same thing and suing some other guy in a different market.

I really don't get it. The weather guy is a blowhard online but those are a dime a dozen, present company included (let me emphasize that point for a moment...). I don't get the hullabaloo other than some thinly veiled jealousy that this guy figured out how to monetize what we all have been doing for years on this forum and others for free.
You obviously don't know the backstory.
 
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