Oakland Homesteading School Caught in Trademark Tussle

When K. Ruby Blume, the founder of Oakland’s Institute of Urban Homesteading received a letter last week informing her that the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” had been trademarked, she took it in stride.

Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/129C6)

When K. Ruby Blume, the founder of Oakland’s Institute of Urban Homesteading received a letter last week informing her that the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” had been trademarked, she took it in stride.

Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/129C6)

When K. Ruby Blume, the founder of Oakland’s Institute of Urban Homesteading received a letter last week informing her that the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” had been trademarked, she took it in stride.

Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/129C6)

When K. Ruby Blume, the founder of Oakland’s Institute of Urban Homesteading received a letter last week informing her that the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” had been trademarked, she took it in stride.

Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/129C6)

When K. Ruby Blume, the founder of Oakland’s Institute of Urban Homesteading received a letter last week informing her that the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” had been trademarked, she took it in stride.

Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/129C6)

When K. Ruby Blume, the founder of Oakland’s Institute of Urban Homesteading received a letter last week informing her that the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” had been trademarked, she took it in stride.

Source: The Bay Citizen (http://s.tt/129C6)

When K. Ruby Blume, the founder of Oakland’s Institute of Urban Homesteading received a letter last week informing her that the terms “urban homestead” and “urban homesteading” had been trademarked, she took it in stride.

The letter, from the Dervaes family of the Pasadena-based Dervaes Institute and the owners of UrbanHomestead.org “was very polite,” recalls Blume. It informed her that the family had registered the trademark and suggested she begin using alternative terms like “modern homesteading” and “sustainable living” for the work she does.

Read more on the Bay Citizen.

 

Comments

[rc helicopter]

Impressive blog! -Arron