Glen Beck’s suit claiming unfair use of a trademarked name garners stiff response
Conservative commentator Glen Beck ferreted out the identity of an anonymous person behind a site that satirized Beck’s rhetorical style for the purpose of filing a suit against the man. The man, Isaac Eiland-Hall, claims that site poses no real threat to Beck’s livelihood but that Beck is filing the suit to shut down protected expression that accurately satirizes Beck’s rhetorical style. In an e-mail to FAC Director Peter Scheer posted at the end of this