If you’re a brand owner you should check out this website: http//www.Tabberone.com or do a google search for “Tabberone copyright infringement” or “Tabberone Hall of Shame.”

Tabberone publishes a list on its website called the: “Trademark and Copyright Abuser’s Hall of Shame.” Among the many brands that are listed in the Hall of Shame are John Deere, Krispy Kreme, Channel, NFL Properties, Tommy Hilfiger, to name a few. The list of abusers comes with a short description of abusive practices the brand has supposedly made and the outcome.

On the website, Tabberone explains that he has “been in federal court more than 15 times, without a lawyer, to defend against ‘improper’ eBay auction terminations and won the great majority of them.”

Tabberone appears to be on a mission, although his List hasn’t been updated since June, 2014. Nonetheless, Tabberone has spent a great deal of time putting together the Hall of Shame.

Tabberone’s goal is to identify brands that, in his opinion, misuse their intellectual property through aggressive use of the takedown provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) or the use of the cease and desist letter.

For example check out what Tabberone has to say about the Coalition to Advance the Protection of Sports Logos (CAPS). Tabberone offers tips on how to defend yourself against CAPS and makes other unflattering statements about this organization. As proof that its diatribe against CAPS is legitimate, Tabberone points out that CAPS would have shut down the website by now    . . . this is a good example of circuitous logic.

If you’re a brand owner, you should check out Tabberone . . . Maybe you’ve made his Hall of Shame.