Skiology Matt in Litigation

Skiology, LLC v. Bramble

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

dockets.justia.com

 

[thetrailboss]

My guess,... unless Mom and Dad come forward to help Matt hire an attorney, he will go out of business. Unless the idiots that follow him send money for his defense. If I were betting, he's done.

They are suing him in his personal and individual capacity. His only out now, without an attorney and a settled deal, is to file for bankruptcy as an individual. As said, he has not real "business" per se as I understand it. It is just him doing business as an individual.

 

[NYDB]

skiilogy matt probably

 

[djd66]

They are suing him in his personal and individual capacity. His only out now, without an attorney and a settled deal, is to file for bankruptcy as an individual. As said, he has not real "business" per se as I understand it. It is just him doing business as an individual.

yep, which means he's screwed even more as they can go after any personal assets - like all that subscription money he's collected.

 

[thetrailboss]

yep, which means he's screwed even more as they can go after any personal assets - like all that subscription money he's collected.

Exactly.

 

[TyWebb]

yep, which means he's screwed even more as they can go after any personal assets - like all that subscription money he's collected.

Easier said then done - suing in Vt and Skiology Matt is from NY so the judgment has to be transferred which also means his current attorney will need to split his cut with a NY attorney if he needs help there - thn you have to start looking for assets, etc and this kid probably does not have much anyhow but we don't know - bunch of other expenses which I have not mentioned- this is all an expensive proposition for the Skiology retail company in Killington

A judgement is just a piece of paper and if the judgement debtor doesn't pay and you need to work for it .... not easy so he may not be as screwed as many think if he doesn't give a fluck abt a judgement and feels he's in the right no matter what

 

[djd66]

I would think the best outcome is an order from the court that his facebook pages has to be shut down. They would not need to go to NY to get that done,... just send an email to facebook legal.

As far as his assets, I was kind of joking - I doubt he has any to go after.

 

[pinion]

I am not a lawyer, but I've litigated enough and been litigated against and it will be interesting to see how far the plaintiffs take this. I would think they would get the defendant to stop using the infringing name, handover associated urls, pay their court fees, and drop it there. I can't see a ski shop from VT going full monty against this guy. And he can rebrand and keep doing his thing without bankruptcy etc. Maybe I am too optimistic for him.

 

[thetrailboss]

I am not a lawyer, but I've litigated enough and been litigated against and it will be interesting to see how far the plaintiffs take this. I would think they would get the defendant to stop using the infringing name, handover associated urls, pay their court fees, and drop it there. I can't see a ski shop from VT going full monty against this guy. And he can rebrand and keep doing his thing without bankruptcy etc. Maybe I am too optimistic for him.

It sounds like they asked him to be reasonable and he dug in. But now there are real consequences for him.

 

[jaytrem]

Perhaps Skiology Ski Shop shhoud do a Go Fund Me for their lawsuit. They would probably do quite well.

 

[Harvey]

Matt is not a kid. He's maybe 50 I'm guessing.

Skiology the facebook page is not some big scam, he's not making a ton of money. Most skiers wouldn't consider it a living wage.

I'm kind of surprised if he really isn't delivering on T-shirts etc. Matt has pissed off some people, but he's not a crook.

 

[thetrailboss]

Matt is not a kid. He's maybe 50 I'm guessing.

Skiology the facebook page is not some big scam, he's not making a ton of money. Most skiers wouldn't consider it a living wage.

I'm kind of surprised if he really isn't delivering on T-shirts etc. Matt has pissed off some people, but he's not a crook.

Sounds like he has made a lot of people upset judging by some of the allegations in that Complaint.

 

[deadheadskier]

I am not a lawyer, but I've litigated enough and been litigated against and it will be interesting to see how far the plaintiffs take this. I would think they would get the defendant to stop using the infringing name, handover associated urls, pay their court fees, and drop it there. I can't see a ski shop from VT going full monty against this guy. And he can rebrand and keep doing his thing without bankruptcy etc. Maybe I am too optimistic for him.

That's kinda where I'm at.

Let's just have calmer heads prevail, Matt rebrands his Facebook page and people move on.

He digs his heels in and he looks like a jerk

The shop puts the screws to him too hard and they could get some PR blowback.

I think it's a little silly people pay him money for what he does, but I spend money on frivolous crap sometimes too.

 

[Ptruck]

Easier said then done - suing in Vt and Skiology Matt is from NY so the judgment has to be transferred which also means his current attorney will need to split his cut with a NY attorney if he needs help there - thn you have to start looking for assets, etc and this kid probably does not have much anyhow but we don't know - bunch of other expenses which I have not mentioned- this is all an expensive proposition for the Skiology retail company in Killington

A judgement is just a piece of paper and if the judgement debtor doesn't pay and you need to work for it .... not easy so he may not be as screwed as many think if he doesn't give a fluck abt a judgement and feels he's in the right no matter what

He’s definitely not a kid. He’s at least mid 50’s if not 60. I don’t wish bad things on anyone, but he’s a bully and does not have the capacity to publicly accept, much less admit, when he’s wrong. He will run headlong into this and it more than likely will not end well for him. I own a decent sized shop in VT and he came into my shop and courted me and my staff until it became obvious that we weren’t going to blindly follow him. He’s rather inexperienced in the industry, yet touts his “knowledge” and cites his “sources” at mountains and in admins across New England, yet he never quite says who those people are. Ive questioned him about this and he deflects. He seems to operate from a position of insecurity in almost all aspects of his dealings with people and his posts. In all honesty, I have some sympathetic feelings for him, but being that age and still operating in that manner makes it hard to actually fell bad for him.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

lol that dude is in his 50s. that makes it all so much worse

 

[Ski2LiveLive2Ski]

70K followers? How did he come up with that number? His FB group only has 50K followers (and how many of those are even active real people?)



Non-commercial? He sells shirts and stickers already...I wouldn't consider that "non-commercial". Plus he's already announced that he plans to charge for content on his website. Although I also don't think even if it was truly non-commercial that you can still use someone else's trademarked name.

The main question is if the ski shops trademark and use in commerce covers same areas he is in. If both sell similar merchandise with skiogy printed on them that would be an issue. Was not aware he sold merch.

 

[Kingslug20]

Classic narcissist.....

 

[jimmywilson69]

classic douche bag.

wasn't he here rambling in a thread where we all were bashing him for his gestapo tactics on his facebook group?

 

[ThatGuy]

Last season he (or someone impersonating him) was on here.

Beware of Northeast Skiology

I found Matt and the page several years ago when Vail bought Stowe and it became near impossible to find out about local conditions and weather. Despite riding for 20 plus years, I had never really heard the term back end snow (even though I had experienced it). I found the page to be...

forums.alpinezone.com

 

[drjeff]

Matt is not a kid. He's maybe 50 I'm guessing.

Skiology the facebook page is not some big scam, he's not making a ton of money. Most skiers wouldn't consider it a living wage.

I'm kind of surprised if he really isn't delivering on T-shirts etc. Matt has pissed off some people, but he's not a crook.

He comes across as cordial, until you question something that he posts, that frankly wasn't true/accurate/correct, and then his other side comes out. If you just read his stuff, and don't always use some critical thinking skills and objectively consider some of the things he's posting, or don't see his biases against certain resorts, then it's easy to think he's this great industry knowledge resource

 

[thetrailboss]

He comes across as cordial, until you question something that he posts, that frankly wasn't true/accurate/correct, and then his other side comes out. If you just read his stuff, and don't always use some critical thinking skills and objectively consider some of the things he's posting, or don't see his biases against certain resorts, then it's easy to think he's this great industry knowledge resource

Sounds like he has a young spirit.