With one hundred percent respect for any skepticism anyone may have, please allow me to assure you that I have been in business for years and, as the trademark owner of the word/event name Gasparilla (for one thing), I would NEVER do anything that may put myself into a situation where I could be sued and possibly lose my trademark. For those of you that may not know, Gasparilla is Tampa's big festival of Pirates and I do their pageant and some other events, as well as work with the city and the tourism board for purposes of them using the name. If I did not have proof in writing and on voice recorder...Yes, I recorded toohe conversation...I would not have exposed this. I realized I might be up for possible scrutiny. **I think this man IS the owner, or possibly one member of an ownership group that owns the Palms, as it is not a big chain hotel...It's a matter of public record that it's owned by a private owner/oenership group. So I feel he has no one he really needs to answer to... *I intend to sue him after the event, and big time. I just NEEDED to let everyone know how they perceived - correction - how he perceived us. I knew, based on what he was saying that our event was not going to get support there...and I COULD not find out the hard way that media wouldn't be welcome/other guests might intrude on our special night, etc.
Originally Posted by Stephanie Sims
With one hundred percent respect for any skepticism anyone may have, please allow me to assure you that I have been in business for years and, as the trademark owner of the word/event name Gasparilla (for one thing), I would NEVER do anything that may put myself into a situation where I could be sued and possibly lose my trademark. For those of you that may not know, Gasparilla is Tampa's big festival of Pirates and I do their pageant and some other events, as well as work with the city and the tourism board for purposes of them using the name. If I did not have proof in writing and on voice recorder...Yes, I recorded toohe conversation...I would not have exposed this. I realized I might be up for possible scrutiny. **I think this man IS the owner, or possibly one member of an ownership group that owns the Palms, as it is not a big chain hotel...It's a matter of public record that it's owned by a private owner/oenership group. So I feel he has no one he really needs to answer to... *I intend to sue him after the event, and big time. I just NEEDED to let everyone know how they perceived - correction - how he perceived us. I knew, based on what he was saying that our event was not going to get support there...and I COULD not find out the hard way that media wouldn't be welcome/other guests might intrude on our special night, etc.
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