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Attached is a flyer one of my customers found on their door in the Orlando, FL market.

 

mallard%20services%20fraud.jpg

 

The flyer contains two violations of federal trademark protection.

 

1. The use of the name Mallard in conjunction with cleaning services, ie roof cleaning.

 

2. The use of the federally protected mark of the duck regestered by Drake Pest Control.

 

Id encourage anyone out there that encounters this Mallard Poser and bids against them to print this post and give it to the customer. You will surely knock this guy out of consideration for the job.

 

The owner of Drake Pest is contacting his lawyers as I am as well.

 

It would be nice for yall to express your displeasure and let this perpetuator of frad know how you feel. His phone number is on the ad and its a cell phonesmile.gif

 

Thanks Yall,

 

AC



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AC, that's always a pain in the butt. There is one good thing on that flyer, however. It says smae day service available. That means he's not booking anything!biggrin

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I will call him, I hope you give him a chance to stop befor you sue him.. The lawyers will probably give him a 30 day cease order. hopefully this action you are taking will make them understand how wrong what they are doing is. If not then they will get nailed for continuence

-- Edited by Baltimore MD Roof Cleaning 410-482-4367 on Friday 3rd of April 2009 07:55:50 AM

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Wow

Sounds like someone needs a personal visit biggrin 

I JUST called at 10.29 am Friday April 3rd 2009
All I got was a professional sounding answering machine/voice mail with a very pleasant sounding girl's message thanking me for calling Mallard Services., LOL and asking me to leave a message no

I did not leave the message I am going to disbelief

I will save THAT for a real, live person biggrin



-- Edited by Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa (813) 655-8777 on Friday 3rd of April 2009 09:24:22 AM

-- Edited by Apple Roof Cleaning Tampa (813) 655-8777 on Friday 3rd of April 2009 09:29:58 AM

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We only ever get a voice mail. He did call us back and claim he was new to town and didnt know who Mallard Systems was...... Said he has been Mallard Services since the 70's???? So who is the young sounding girl on the phone his grand daughter????

Anyway he was beligerant "sp" the first time he called saying just sue him. he wouldnt stop using the name etc.

He called again on Friday and said he was going to stop using the name??????

Sunday April 5th 2009 9:06 am....................still answering as Mallard Services. Looks like we will be going to court:( spending more money again.

We have spent over 50k on the people we took Mallard of Central Florida back from and they are still saying they are Mallard Systems. WERE GETTIN CLOSE ON THAT ONE THOUGH!

AC

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Sorry for what is happening to you!
Can this guy prove he has used the name since the 70's
I rather doubt it, but anything is possible-just not likely!
Hope you get this solved cheaply!
Chuck Bergman Roof Cleaning

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We have guys like that out here in wilmington. They start cleaning roofs without even learning the basics and use names that are all over the country used by lots of other roof cleaners. the 2 out here are roof revive and roof tech. i'm sure some of you have roof techs and roof revives around you too. There is one company that cleans roofs somewhere far away that is roof rejuventaor without an s and one company in florida that is also without an s that doesn't do roof cleaning, that is exactly why we have sent out for our service trade mark. even though it is a year and half plus to get the approvals back and its costly its worth it, cause none of these imposters with no visions of there own can copy us.
 ITS GETTING OLD! If your gonna clean roofs fine, theres plenty of roofs out there for everyone but come up with your own sh^&, and don't try to use everyone elses work, Also this is not anything specific to the  companies i named above it is to all the ones that wanna just take short cuts.

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P.s. trademark and copyright anything important to your company like slogans logos ect., so these jokers have no choice but to do their own leg work.

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