On October 7, 2009, we contacted Timothy Holmgren of Elopement Solutions, L.L.C . / www.missingpatient.com via USPS Certified Mail and asked him to cease and desist in any further use of our trademarked name, Silver Alert®, in association with marketing, sale, distribution, or identification of his products and services.
On October 13, 2009, we contacted Mr. Holmgren again, via email and asked that he refrain from using our trademarked name, Silver Alert® as his Twitter account.
It was our intention to settle this without involving Twitter, until we received Mr. Holmgren’s reply via email on October 29, 2009, which stated the following:
“I’m afraid that you’ll have to speak with Twitter as I feel this doesn’t infringe on any Trademarks.”
We did as requested and contacted Twitter, presented our trademark information, and they deemed that Mr. Holmgren was indeed infringing on our trademark and canceled his Twitter account.
As for the accusations of our company disguising itself as the U.S. Government’s proposed Silver Alert Act, as clearly stated on our website, we have no association with the U.S. Government whatsoever.
Thank you for the opportunity to clear up any misunderstandings you may have regarding this situation.
Neil Arfmann
President
National Silver Alert Program
http://www.nationalsilveralert.com
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