[ACML] Fw: Name of Events (Anime USA)

[Marc Yu]

Yeah, it's funny how she always says that.  Especially considering 
none of the names she claims (Splash Page Comics, Anime USA, etc.) 
are registered even in the state in which she does business, 
Missouri.  If I was a bitter old man (which I've been accused of 
being), I'd just register online the ficticious names under which 
she's doing business, like she did with the AnimeUSA.com name.  But 
that would be wrong.  Oh, and talking about legal action, and since 
you're in contact with her, you may want to give her this tidbit:

"Failure to register your fictitious name is a misdemeanor under 
Missouri law and persons failing to register are subject to charges 
by their local prosecuting attorney."

-Marc


--- In animecons at yahoogroups.com, "Valerie Tatro" <bkcomics at ...> 
wrote:
>
> I have been asked by Rosemary Aune to forward the following e-
mailed statement to the discussion list on her behalf. She is on the 
road right now but wanted to address this as others had also notified 
her there was a problem with her company's name Anime USA.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: ausaexpress at ... 
> To: bkcomics at ... 
> Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2008 3:23 AM
> Subject: Re: [ACML] Name of Events (Anime USA)
> 
> 
> First of all I would like to thank everyone who has contacted me 
regarding this thread. I have been on the road doing conventions and 
was not aware that this discussion had surfaced. 
> 
> Splash Page Comics, the mother company of Anime USA,  was started 
in 1986. As time passed we realized that we were not just interested 
in American comics and toys but also in Japanese toys, models and 
comics etc. In order to bring these items to our location and 
customers in the Midwest we started using the banner and the name 
Splash Page presents Anime in the USA.  By 1991 we had dropped the 
term presents and started using Splash Page and Anime USA  
alternately depending on the situation. We attended comic book 
conventions using both names in this manner Splash Page/ Anime USA.  
Many venues and promoters who had known us and our reputation as 
Splash Page used that name for us first which we always tried to 
correct because the two entities brought different things to events.  
> 
> By 1999 we realized that the web offered a new venue for us in the 
area of cel sales and anime sales in general and we registered the 
name Anime USA as a dot com in  March of that year. We also continued 
the use of the name and do to this day as our chosen convention name. 
It is not our choice that some conventions still use the name Splash 
Page  for our appearances. We also continue to use Anime USA as our 
trademark and servicemark for the items we manufacture such as our 
original design apparel and accessories. 
> 
> As I am sure you can see the Anime USA name has been ours for much 
longer than the time frame purported by Mr. Lin and Mr. Yu. It seems 
to me that these people did not do their research before they named 
their convention with my store name. I have let this go even in the 
light of being called several times by someone from their con 
suggesting that I 'give' them our domain name. This is certainly not 
going to happen. I also have never sought to sell the name as has 
been reported to me even with a reported price of five thousand 
dollars--never happened--never will.  If they do not see that I have 
allowed them to coexsist with me and they continue in this libelous 
manner then I will have no choice but to refer them to my attorney 
and seek appropriate legal resolutions.
> 
> Rosemary Aune
> owner
> 
> ANIME USA
> ANIMEUSA.COM
> Splash Page Comics and Toys International
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