It would seem that the Administration of the University of South Dakota School of Medicine has become irritated with this fact-telling and exposing blog. Recently, we received an e-mail from the South Dakota Medical Association (Ms. Barb Smith) claiming Trademark infringement for the title of the blog and the URL. It is clear that the USD Medical School is trying to do everything possible to pull-down this blog-site. The amazing thing, the blog has not infringed on any Trademark of the SDMA and it is possible that the registered Trademark of the SDMA might possibly infringe on the URL owners of http://www.southdakotamedicine.com, which is a database listing of South Dakota medical services.
It seems odd that the Administration would go to such a length to try and find a non-existant infringement to remove the contents of this blog. Anyone is welcome to comment on the issues and commentary of this blog ... I have given exclusive priority to any USD School of Medicine Faculty Member to comment or justify their positions (or any USD faculty member for this matter). Also, all students are welcome to post relevant comments. Of course, all comments (faculty or otherwise) will be first moderated before being posted and any obscene comments will be removed.
Why is it that this blog is catching so much attention, but no one from the USD School of Medicine cares to comment? Could it be that this blog is hitting-the-nail-on-the-head and the Administration is embarassed by the sham "they" are running?
The comment lines are open ... care to respond?
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Trademark only applies in a specific trade. They are in the trade of education while you are in the trade of reporting or blogging. That is not an infringement.
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As a member of the media, it is my understanding that, as long as you include an attribution, you are free to repeat most anything you find on the Web or anywhere else. If you (the owner of this blog) are receiving crap about this, maybe you should refer Ms. Smith and others to the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. FREE SPEECH!
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