Proof positive that the White House Correspondents? Association annual dinner has taken on a new life of its own, there?s a legal battle brewing over the organization?s name, spearheaded by Fox News?s Ed Henry, who is the current president of the association.
After news broke of a ?gifting suite? at this year?s dinner (the suite, put together by the Creative Coalition and GBK PR, would be for celebrities only and would dole out all sorts of free goodies), the association pushed back against the suite?s use of its name: ?GBK & The Creative Coalition White House Correspondence [sic] Weekend Gift Lounge.? Gifts hail from St. Regis Bora Bora, Made by Survivors handmade jewelry, Lovelinks by Aagaard jewelry and EyeWalker Elements Aromatic Botanical Alchemy, among other merchants.
Continue ReadingAccording to Mike Allen?s POLITICO Playbook, ?George A. Lehner, counsel for the White House Correspondents? Association, sent GBK a four-page letter yesterday threatening legal action for ?Unauthorized Use of WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER? Trademark ? WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS? ASSOCIATION? [and] WHCA? ? are subject of pending ? Federal Trademark Applications ? Our client takes very seriously the protection and enforcement of these valuable intellectual property rights.??
(Also on POLITICO: 1995 revisited: WHCD terror deja vu)
Furthermore, GBK proved that the suite really had very little indeed to do with the political reporters dominating Saturday?s dinner. Mike Allen writes, ?At the GBK contact number on the email, a person who had never heard of POLITICO (?Are you media??) connected us with a colleague who said: ?If you?d like to RSVP, follow the instructions on the email. Any other questions, we have no comment.??
The WHCA letter can be read here.
Source: http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/whca-threatens-legal-action-90490.html
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