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DearJudge_Cleland_: s     ` ItiswiththeunderstandingthatFORDsMotionforleavetofileitsfourteenpage E tomeofa ReplyMemorandumislikelytobegranted,andoutofseriousconcernthattheCourt .~ maynotfullybepreparedtoaddresstwo newlyraised issuesbroughtuptodaythePlaintiff,that g Iwritebrieflytoprovideatotalofsevenauthoritativecasecitations,whichtheCourtisstrongly S urgedtoreviewwithcareinadvanceoftomorrowshearing!inordertopreparefullyfor < argument. %    `  CollateralEstoppel :Onthesubjectof famousness!afamouslydifficultand  complexissuetoanalyzeundertheFederalTrademarkDilutionAct!FORDarguesthatithas  noneedtomeetitsburdenofproofbecausetheissuehasalreadybeenaddressedinother | lawsuits.Fordiswrong.Thereexistsno privityormutualitybetweentheDefendantsin this  e caseandthepartiesinthose other cases.Accordingtotimetestedprinciplesofissuepreclusion Q (alsocalledcollateralestoppel),Defendantsarenotsubjecttoanestoppelonthisfactualpoint. = _Parklane_ԀHosieryCo.v.Shore,439U.S.322(1979);seealsoBakerv.GeneralMotorsCorp., &v 522U.S.222(1998);_Lytle_Ԁv.HouseholdMfg.,Inc.,494U.S.545(1990).Accordingly,the  _ burdenofproofremainsonFORDandFORDhasintroducednoevidencewhatsoevertoproveit  H is famousundertherigorousstandardsofthe_FTDA_. !1     ` Inthisregard,wealsorespectfullydrawtheCourtsattentionspecificallytothe #" NinthCircuitsdecisioninAvery_Dennison_ԀCorp.v._Sumpton_,189F.3d868(9thCir.1999). $# HardlyanyofficeorgovernmentworkerexistsinAmerica(or,likely,theworld)thatisnt % $ deeplyfamiliarwiththetrademarks Avery _Dennison_,or Avery_Dennison_.However,like n&!% theword FORD,theAvery_Dennison_Ԁtrademarksalsohappentocorrespondwithvery W'"& commonfamilynames.Id.at87680.WerespectfullysubmitthatthereasoningintheAvery @(#' _Dennison_caseishighlypersuasive,here,too.Fordsimplyisnota famoustrademarkfor ))y$( _FTDA_Ԁpurposes. *b%)    `  Defamation :Fordhasbeeninvitedtoidentifyany goodsandservicesthat +4'+ mightbringthiscasewithinthepurviewofthe_Lanham_ԀAct,generally,orthe_FTDA_.FORDhas , (, completelyfailedtodoso.FORDinsteadarguesthatstatementsthatareallegedtobe falseor - )-c misleadingareentitledtonoconstitutionalprotectionwhatsoever.Toputitmildly,FORD   overstatesitscase.TheConstitutionaffordsprotectionevenforspeechthatisallegedtobefalse   andinjurious._Gertz_Ԁv.RobertWelch,Inc.,418U.S.323,349(1974);NewYorkTimesCo.v.   Sullivan,376U.S.254(1954).      ` WhatFORDcompletelyneglectstoaddressinitspapersistheexistenceofan { entirewelldevelopedbodyoflawquiteseparateandapartfromtrademark,thataddresses dv statementsthatareallegedtobeinjuriousandfalse.Therequirementof trademarkuseasa M_ designationofthesourceofgoodsorservicesisnotapreconditionforadefamationclaim. 6H FORD!ifitbelievesthatthereactuallyhasbeena falseattribution!certainlyhasevery 1  opportunitytofileadefamationactioninsteadoftryingtodistortthe_Lanham_ԀActbeyondall   reason.SeeMassonv.NewYorkerMagazine,Inc.,501U.S.496,51112(1991)(defamation   casecanbebroughtonbasisofa falseattribution.).However,thereisanobviousreason why    FORDhasescheweddefamationlaw.TheFirstAmendmentrequiresproofof actualmalice   bytheDefendantsandFORDknowsitcannotmeetthatburdenofproof.      ` Inshort,FORDshouldnotbepermittedtoreinterpretthe_Lanham_ԀActinan  efforttomakeanendrunaroundtherequirementof_scienter_or actualmalicerecognizedin j| suchcasesasNewYorkTimesv.SullivanAndMasson.Thatisnotthefunctionoftrademark Se law.Norshoulditbe. <N    `     h     Respectfullysubmitted,      `     h     EricC.Grimm   cc:0  KathleenLang,Esq.!(#(#   GregPhillips,Esq. 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