*LEGAL UPDATE
* FROM ROSEMARY
* FIRE CIDER IN THE PRESS
* ETSY NEWS
Legal Update
A group of herbalists have filed for the cancellation of the Fire Cider trademark. Since filing, our cases have been consolidated by the United Stated Trademark and Patent Office (USTMPO).
WE HAVE ALSO FOUND GREAT PRO-BONO LAWYERS!
They are gathering evidence and advising us how to move forward.
This process could take up to 1.5 years to complete! So bear with us, we probably won’t have any legal updates for a long time!
From Rosemary Gladstar
Your continued support to help free Fire Cider from its trademark is hugely appreciated. All together, we are making a difference! Please continue to support the Free Fire Cider movement by making your own Fire Cider, and by supporting the national boycott.
If there are stores in your area selling the Shire City brand of Fire Cider, please let them know about the boycott (there is material available on this website that explains the issue).
If you’d like Free Fire Cider brochures and postcards, contact Sage Mountain and we’ll mail them to you: sage@sagemountain.com.
Or please print the flyer from this website and post in your area.
Thank you for joining us in this grass roots movement to protect our traditional herbal legacy products from trademarking.
Rosemary
Fire Cider in the Press
Check out the local press Fire Cider is getting!
*Vermont Center for Integrative Herbalism: My Champlain Valley website. A great video and interview with Larken Bunce:
https://www.mychamplainvalley.com/story/d/story/herb-recipe-boosts-immunity/26984/B60lTvMXVkW4RvnpuAYyeg
*Spirit of Change: An editorial with both sides of the story, with Rosemary’s writing representing the herbalists perspective:
https://www.spiritofchange.org/Fall-2014/The-Fire-Cider-Trademark-Debate/#.VD1JPNfnkpw.facebook
*Austin Chronicle: An interview with herbalist, Jen Easter:
https://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2014-10-17/in-the-line-of-fire/
*Plant Healers Magazine. Download this free edition at https://madmimi.com/s/42d765
*Essential Herbal also included a supportive article as well in their latest issue: https://www.essentialherbal.com/magazine/
* Online resource: examiner.com: https://www.examiner.com/article/herbalists-fighting-copyright-of-fire-cider-free-recipes-labels-and-an-e-book
Etsy Update
If you are an herbalist selling Fire Cider on Etsy, please get in touch with Etsy legal and let them know the trademark is in litigation.
Herbalists selling Fire Cider on Etsy are still being contacted by Etsy legal and SCH. Please let us know if you have been contacted! freefirecider@gmail.com
The picture below was posted in the Spirit of Change editorial.
Rosemary Gladstar on the left/ Shire City Herbals on the Right.
I think that what you published made a bunch of sense.
However, consider this, what if you were to write a
killer post title? I ain’t suggesting your information is not solid., but what if you added
a post title that grabbed people’s attention? I mean Fall 2014 Newsletter | Free Fire Cider is a little vanilla.
You should glance at Yahoo’s home page and watch how they write news
titles to grab people to open the links. You might try adding a video or a
related pic or two to get readers interested about what you’ve got to say.
In my opinion, it would bring your blog a little livelier.