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As an autism, I have to chalk it up to autism.
I didn't gravitate towards trains, but LEGO and other building toys.
Nicholas Robert Rekieta / Rekieta "Law" / Actually Criminal / @NickRekieta - Polysubstance enthusiast, "Lawtuber" turned Dabbleverse streamer, swinger, "whitebread ass nigga", snuffs animals for fun, visits 🇯🇲 BBC resorts. Legally a cuckold who lost his license to practice law. Wife's bod worth $50. The normies even know.
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I didn't gravitate towards trains, but LEGO and other building toys.
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My head hurts trying to parse all this shit. Is this an accurate summary?
It looks like there is overlap between the Rippaverse TM and ISOM's TM in the printed material, but would it cause confusion? I don't know enough about the Rippaverse nor this company's religious education materials to know if there's a possible confusion between the two, or if that they come out in the same medium that it makes a difference.
There was a second attempted use of the ISOM term as a trademark that was abandoned a few years ago, in this case in a widely different field:
Edit: Put a note about the uncertainty around who emailed what, but it's clear as mud. Also added in Racket's fencesitting in Rippa's response.
- Eric July (aka Rippa), a libertarian black man who dabbles in various entertainment industries, most popular for his music, decides to put out a comic book line.
- The Rippaverse does gangbusters crowdfunding for the first few thing(s), something like $5 mil.
- He actually sends out one comic, in less than a year, thereby besting the bulk of comicsgate (and the bulk of self-published comics) in turnaround time.
- The first comic, ISOM #1, is mid-tier at best, but at least it doesn't have crippled retarded otherkin 5th genderfluid munchy ana-chans scissoring while complaining about the patriarchy and preaching about the virtues of communism.
- Vito, the previously self-professed pedo, a man about as funny as a moist towelette, decides he wants to do a comic.
- Does crowd-funding, doesn't even hit 6 figures USD.
- Has yet to deliver comic.
- At some point, a beef is invented between Vito and Eric, primarily from Vito and Dick Masterson (of Dr. Phil fame) (aka Dax Herrera, alias fursona of Juju the Cow).
- Retardation ensues. Eric July doesn't get that involved, so it's mostly nobodies trying to punch up.
- It appears that, not getting enough traction, Vito decides to try to derail Eric July by having others attack him.
- They find another holder of a trademark for the Rippaverse main character, ISOM.
- They somehow convince this Christian learning ministry that their trademark is being infringed and should sue.
- Vito appears to have done this from an alt email account which has previously been linked to him. (There is some debate about how connected the individual was who contacted Good Shepherd Industries; Vito denies it while Eric asserts it.)
- Dick goes on with Rackets and just laughs about the lawsuit, which is tipped off by someone in Balldoman's chat.
- Senor Nose claims to have watched Eric's response video, in which Eric claims a connection between the email to the Christian company and Vito. Balldoman says there is nothing there to prove a connection. Likely this is something that would have to be proved in court, if it comes to that, and that's Rackets' avenue to fence sitting. (In a saner world, it would be settled, and no one talks about it again.)
- After some back and forth, Eric replies with a "hey, my lawyers are dealing with it" response, like a grown adult.
You can't deeplink to a TM record, but you can search for it here:
Emphasis added by me.
For reference, the only trademarks I could find tied to Eric's comics are as Rippaverse, for that term, which includes two registrations covering:
and
Word Mark | ISOM |
Goods and Services | IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: audio and video media, namely, CDs, DVDs, CD ROMs, MP3 recordings, CDRs, MP3 CD ROMs, AUDIO CD ROMs, and cassettes, featuring religion, faith and inspirational content; electronic media, namely, CDs, DVDs, CD ROMs, MP3 recordings, CDRs, MP3 CD ROMs, AUDIO CD ROMs, and cassettes featuring recordings in the field of religion; pre-recorded CD ROMs, MP3 CD ROMs, and AUDIO CD ROMs featuring audio books and electronic books having educational, inspirational, faith, fiction and entertainment content; Video disks and tapes, and downloadable video recordings featuring audio books and electronic books having educational, inspirational, faith, fiction and entertainment content.FIRST USE: 19991225. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19991225 IC 016. US 002 005 022 023 029 037 038 050. G & S: printed instructional, educational, and teaching materials, namely, brochures, note books, printed tests, printed exams, and workbooks, all in the field of religion. FIRST USE: 19991225. FIRST USE IN COMMERCE: 19991225 |
Standard Characters Claimed | |
Mark Drawing Code | (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK |
Trademark Search Facility Classification Code | LETTER-3-OR-MORE ISOM Combination of three or more letters as part of the mark |
Serial Number | 77045716 |
Filing Date | November 16, 2006 |
Current Basis | 1A |
Original Filing Basis | 1B |
Published for Opposition | November 27, 2007 |
Registration Number | 3517031 |
Registration Date | October 14, 2008 |
Owner | (REGISTRANT) Good Shepherd Ministries International CORPORATION CALIFORNIA P.O. Box 11909 San Bernardino CALIFORNIA 92423 |
Attorney of Record | J.Mark Holland |
Prior Registrations | 2486369 |
Type of Mark | TRADEMARK |
Register | PRINCIPAL |
Affidavit Text | SECT 15. SECT 8 (6-YR). SECTION 8(10-YR) 20180514. |
Renewal | 1ST RENEWAL 20180514 |
Live/Dead Indicator | LIVE |
Emphasis added by me.
For reference, the only trademarks I could find tied to Eric's comics are as Rippaverse, for that term, which includes two registrations covering:
and
There was a second attempted use of the ISOM term as a trademark that was abandoned a few years ago, in this case in a widely different field:
This was attempted in 2019 and abandoned the following year for some sort of electronic device, possibly related to power distribution.
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I think so, although I don't know if and how that e-mail can be linked to Vito. @SteelPlatedHeart might know.
If it can be, I think Vito and Masterson are gonna get a rash a shit, and I'm not sure Rekieta is gonna be able to credibly defend them (he might still try though).
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Pretty much, the only thing I would add is that Nick claims to have watched Eric's video, which showed Vito's link to the alt email in some way, though I'm not sure what it was so you may wanna take a listen to it, and proceeded to say something along the lines of "um, I dunno, this is gay, there's no proof, I don't care, it's just GAY DRAMA!" Basically the same as he always does and Eric appears to not appreciate that take too much.
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When will these people learn that they will get so much less shit if they just owned their actions? The only thing worse than being a lawfare faggot is being a pussy in addition to a lawfare faggot.
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He's like an angry gang member nigga libertarian ancap who doesn't joke around. Not at all like coom or comedy libertarians. More like some guy who probably wants his own compound with his own rules. His only idea of a joke is calling you a crack smoker and sending 400 fans after you. We follow him in the Comicsgate thread because comicsgate is dead and he's one of the last relevant people doing that sort of comic book (don't call it anti-woke he never said that) thing. Oh and also a manlet. Anyway you all already hate Vito and Dick way more so that's your guy!
I made a post yesterday with all the legal documents and the Roy Gherbile "gayop" email text you may want to check out in the otherwise quiet Comicsgate thread. Here's the tor link I don't even know the clearnet address right now. Or it's on page 2107 of that thread.
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Seems like josh has chimed in? Today's MATI will probably cover this.
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Reminder:
"Old Nick" would have called Vito a faggot for this shit. Just like he did when Vito flagged Friday Night Tights/Nerdrotic for over having Alex Jones on.
Alas, the deeper you fall into Masterson's degenerate clutches...
New Nick be like: "Well, I'm going to be meeting them in Florida (Nashville?) soon on yet another vacation (that I'm not going to be calling a vacation), and I really should be nice to Dick senpai's pet pedo. I dunno guys... I hate just drama and stuff."
It's patently obvious he doesn't want to raise a hand against Masterson here.
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Nick has actually said that he 'doesn't give vito a pass' because of vito's history of running to the other party to get his target in trouble but defends Dick, saying he believes Dick wouldn't do this. This happened on last night's stream with kurt. He's also said in that stream that vito did implicate himself by saying 'we' in one of the clips about the emails. But then hours later after the stream he tweets out a long paragraph where he says the 'we' is probably vito being a retard and making a mistake.
Also interestingly, his nashville show will have dick AND cecil there. Both of these guys are at odds with each other because of eric july's comic in the first place and seemed like they were gonna back off of each other...but then this blew up. Gonna be interesting. Nick may be saying he's staying neutral on this but his action signals otherwise and whether he's gonna stay friends with pop culture/comics side of youtubers, the choice may not be up to him.
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I'm spoilering my rant because it feels kind of mean, but then again, I'm just reacting, not instigating
. At first I thought I was OTT for seemingly minor language nits, but then I remembered: Nick has made a career of pretending to have legal expertise, and people actually believe him. So his errors and general larp are bad for people and bad for the profession. Therefore, I declare my persnicketiness justified. But I'll still spoiler because no1curr."Assumpsit that Dick and Vito are somehow pushing this lawsuit. I'll wait for evidence."
- Nick Rekieta, Esq.
He really needs to stop trying to sound like a lawyer. It's embarrassing. No one walks around talking about assumpsit. Ever. And if they do, they use it correctly: assumpsit is a written or oral promise to do something, and is the term for a lawsuit for damages owing to someone's failure to perform a simple (express or implied) contract (there are other details no one needs to know or care about, but links are to various explanations, definitions, and very old law review articles* if you're interested)). The"assume" in "assumpsit" is about taking on an obligation (like when you assume an obligation or debt), not the more everyday meaning of "to believe something without knowing for sure," which appears to be how he's trying to use it.
*it came about in the 16th c. or so, early origins of contract law, fairly archaic term but still in use for certain actions in some U.S. jurisdictions
Between stuff like that, and constantly dropping in awkward phrasing like "the current evidence doesn't support that conclusion" when he is just saying he thinks his two dumb friends didn't do what they probably did, "but hey, I could be wrong," he constantly brings to mind some dumb baby giraffe that can't walk yet and is completely awkward and flopping all over the place, only not cute like that. Nick, you've been "practicing" (lol) for 8 years now, and yet still sound like the diploma ink is still wet, because you're constantly trying to sound like a lawyer.
People know you have a law degree; don't worry. But with privilege comes responsibility. And especially if you make being a lawyer on the internet your literal career, you should feel some obligation to learn your craft instead of waving a credential around like you wave your balldo. You sound like a buffoon.
- Nick Rekieta, Esq.
He really needs to stop trying to sound like a lawyer. It's embarrassing. No one walks around talking about assumpsit. Ever. And if they do, they use it correctly: assumpsit is a written or oral promise to do something, and is the term for a lawsuit for damages owing to someone's failure to perform a simple (express or implied) contract (there are other details no one needs to know or care about, but links are to various explanations, definitions, and very old law review articles* if you're interested)). The"assume" in "assumpsit" is about taking on an obligation (like when you assume an obligation or debt), not the more everyday meaning of "to believe something without knowing for sure," which appears to be how he's trying to use it.
*it came about in the 16th c. or so, early origins of contract law, fairly archaic term but still in use for certain actions in some U.S. jurisdictions
Between stuff like that, and constantly dropping in awkward phrasing like "the current evidence doesn't support that conclusion" when he is just saying he thinks his two dumb friends didn't do what they probably did, "but hey, I could be wrong," he constantly brings to mind some dumb baby giraffe that can't walk yet and is completely awkward and flopping all over the place, only not cute like that. Nick, you've been "practicing" (lol) for 8 years now, and yet still sound like the diploma ink is still wet, because you're constantly trying to sound like a lawyer.
People know you have a law degree; don't worry. But with privilege comes responsibility. And especially if you make being a lawyer on the internet your literal career, you should feel some obligation to learn your craft instead of waving a credential around like you wave your balldo. You sound like a buffoon.
I should put this in the "grinds my gears" thread, because clearly it really does.
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>in replies people are brining up Neinchan and 16chan
I feel like that’s just to muddle the point. Null basically recanted those views and dropped the Free Speech extremist view (literally was created by NAMBLA members so they could seem respectable). It only serves as a way for Null to look bad for calling out a pedo.
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I don't believe it's cope to laugh at something, I don't actually care, because whatever Vito's comic is and ISOM are irredeemable in my eyes because they are comics that are presumably marketed at people decades past the age threshold where it is cringe to read comics. That's just my opinion, but I'll reserve my right to laugh at the drama.
I watched the first part of the debate on Rekieta's show between Vito and the Eric July defender, and I'm quite sure that the argument being presented at that time was that the DMCA strike was legitimate because they were commenting on digitized versions of the comic and since he didn't sell digital versions, that means they were pirated and couldn't be fair use because ???.
Is the argument now that they were using the ISOM logo? What ISOM logo? The International School of Ministry logo or the logo for the comic that ISOM claims violate their trademark?
Although Eric July has seemingly tried to pull the Rekieta card of being too good to engage in drama, wasn't he forced to respond before this? Didn't they shame him into donating to that charity?
This is interesting. It does seem like a call out, and it seems a lot like the Legal Bytes drama last year where she was ostracized for refusing to expressly take Nick's side.
I wonder if July would implicitly call out Nick like this last year before Nick was washed.
It looks like Nick is going to be forced into taking Dick's side because he wasn't willing to comply with the loyalty test.
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The 5mil is overall, as he’s already written and released volume 2 of the comic and is working on the third, but overall yes. That’s an accurate summarization.
Meanwhile Vito put out a statement saying his comic was going to be delayed until the end of the year currently.
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Except in this case Nick has repeatedly had one party on to trash the other live on his show and appeared to have no issue with them doing so whatsoever. If he'd had July on to respond, had both on at the same time so they could get it out of their systems live, or just asked Dick to keep his drama to himself, it would be closer to Legalbytes' level of culpability (not counting the incident where she kicked someone off her stream for visibly reacting to something in court and understandably caught shit for it).
I like how everything could have been avoided, EVERYTHING, if all parties had simply ignored Vito the Pedo when he was in their chat calling them stupid and begging to be brought on.
Yeah, just ignore the fucking commie pedo seeking attention on every single live stream, it wasn't that hard.
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I'll add some older notes for the thread since it could be relevant at some point:
At the Matsuri YT corner before last, both Nick and Eric were there at the same time on the busiest days and were sharing similar bursts in success. They drove a good amount of activity to the corner that year. It was not just Nick that year.
From what I observed, they didn't seem to speak to one another or even make eye contact. Eric was enjoying quite the spectacle. Eric seemed to be isolated from the rest of the group compared to the others in that space. That's how it seemed anyway, so take it or leave.
Worth noting, Eric's fan interactions were noticeably more humble compared to Nick in particular who enjoyed grandstanding in front of the crowd and basking in the attention. (especially in light of the ban)
Eric took the time to speak to people more individually. People couldn't easily eavesdrop on these interactions, which I thought was significant. He gave his fans more space. No need to raise his voice and in general just kept a calm and humility-centered demeanor from the time I spent there. It seemed more intimate than some of the other Creators there that day, but particularly Nick. Nick may think screeching in front of people and playing popular alcoholic dude is "quality" fan interaction, but that type of interaction is based on bluster. As such Eric did not come off as someone looking to be the pinnacle of his time there and I thought that spoke well of his character.
Now, I'm sure things have shifted a bit with fame as they always do for Eric. Whatever the case, he took an idea from nothing, made the actual CREATIVE effort to build a following from that idea, and made something of true material value. He has the fucking right to take pride in the results from that.
In my opinion, It's more than what Nick and his ilk have achieved. Feeding people empty platitudes over alcohol and banking on controversy is not a major achievement. One can do that on a day to day basis without the subs and superchats. And yet Nick will say he'd like to make his own comic someday and make a litany of other similar goals public. It's all lies amounting to ruminating about what he could achieve if he didn't spend so much time jealously watching while other people do the actual creative work and finding a way to monetize off of it. Nick's greatest achievement is getting drunk and reading off of legal documents. But now he can't even do that professionally.
Nick must rely on a steady stream of Youtube orbiters, generous fans, panels and other manufactured clout to keep up his relevance. And he prefers when it's people he can use like puppets. All that relevance falls apart if his crap personality starts to show through, which it has. Which is why we have often see him defensively lose his shit when people call him out on any bad behavior.
I'm sure he just loves the reception Eric has received post-eFame when compared to his own fallouts with portions of his fanbase. However, Eric has not behaving like an ungrateful idiot to his immediate fans. He has, however, upset the apple cart. There's an element to jealousy there I'm sure too because Nick loved playing some kind of "disruptor" when he's been banned. In reality he's not actually done anything productive for free speech outside of take other people's moneys and running off to a sex resort. He's not produced anything that will stand the test of time.
Now that Eric is getting some heat, he (and others I imagine) likely appreciate that the field is being leveled more in their favor, which please their narcissistic disposition.
At the Matsuri YT corner before last, both Nick and Eric were there at the same time on the busiest days and were sharing similar bursts in success. They drove a good amount of activity to the corner that year. It was not just Nick that year.
From what I observed, they didn't seem to speak to one another or even make eye contact. Eric was enjoying quite the spectacle. Eric seemed to be isolated from the rest of the group compared to the others in that space. That's how it seemed anyway, so take it or leave.
Worth noting, Eric's fan interactions were noticeably more humble compared to Nick in particular who enjoyed grandstanding in front of the crowd and basking in the attention. (especially in light of the ban)
Eric took the time to speak to people more individually. People couldn't easily eavesdrop on these interactions, which I thought was significant. He gave his fans more space. No need to raise his voice and in general just kept a calm and humility-centered demeanor from the time I spent there. It seemed more intimate than some of the other Creators there that day, but particularly Nick. Nick may think screeching in front of people and playing popular alcoholic dude is "quality" fan interaction, but that type of interaction is based on bluster. As such Eric did not come off as someone looking to be the pinnacle of his time there and I thought that spoke well of his character.
Now, I'm sure things have shifted a bit with fame as they always do for Eric. Whatever the case, he took an idea from nothing, made the actual CREATIVE effort to build a following from that idea, and made something of true material value. He has the fucking right to take pride in the results from that.
In my opinion, It's more than what Nick and his ilk have achieved. Feeding people empty platitudes over alcohol and banking on controversy is not a major achievement. One can do that on a day to day basis without the subs and superchats. And yet Nick will say he'd like to make his own comic someday and make a litany of other similar goals public. It's all lies amounting to ruminating about what he could achieve if he didn't spend so much time jealously watching while other people do the actual creative work and finding a way to monetize off of it. Nick's greatest achievement is getting drunk and reading off of legal documents. But now he can't even do that professionally.
Nick must rely on a steady stream of Youtube orbiters, generous fans, panels and other manufactured clout to keep up his relevance. And he prefers when it's people he can use like puppets. All that relevance falls apart if his crap personality starts to show through, which it has. Which is why we have often see him defensively lose his shit when people call him out on any bad behavior.
I'm sure he just loves the reception Eric has received post-eFame when compared to his own fallouts with portions of his fanbase. However, Eric has not behaving like an ungrateful idiot to his immediate fans. He has, however, upset the apple cart. There's an element to jealousy there I'm sure too because Nick loved playing some kind of "disruptor" when he's been banned. In reality he's not actually done anything productive for free speech outside of take other people's moneys and running off to a sex resort. He's not produced anything that will stand the test of time.
Now that Eric is getting some heat, he (and others I imagine) likely appreciate that the field is being leveled more in their favor, which please their narcissistic disposition.
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Yeah, so about that...
Apparently, Vito isn't the only one that has gone into emergency DFE mode since Rippa put out that video where he specifically uses the word "interference."
But I'm sure Nick would argue that this is all mere coincidence. Right?
Note that these caps come courtesy of @SteelPlatedHeart. There's literally three threads this is being discussed in to varrying degrees: Dick's, Rekieta's and CG. Null did indeed discuss it on today's MATI too. He went in pretty hard on Dick and Vito.
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I first discovered Rekieta from the IBS, Tonka vs. Warski Nashville bullshit but of course Nick hates drama....
The Vic lawsuit, hell every lawsuit... all drama. Nick hates drama.
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Nick has coomed away every credential ans dispelled each notion of subject matter authority.
Traditional Father and Husband - He hates his wife's body, kids are annoying, and he likes to coom.
Christian - He doesn't believe that Jesus is more than a man. Pretty dark heresy for most sects.
Libertarian - He is clearly in the lolbert camp where he doesn't want anyone to tell him what to do.
Lawyer - IT WAS NEVER A LAW SHOW!
Streamer - He did how many shows in thr last 4 weeks?
Social Media Expert - Calling your fans incel prides has successfully grown his channel from 478k to 470k.
Businessman - He cannot get sponsors, build series of collaborations or themed content, or do really anything to expand the brand.
Commentator- He cannot be arsed to talk about one of the biggest stories in the American news cycle.
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Yeah, so about that...
Apparently, Vito isn't the only one that has gone into emergency DFE mode since Rippa put out that video where he specifically uses the word "interference."
But I'm sure Nick would argue that this is all mere coincidence. Right?
No, no, it's definitely all jokes guys! It's completely normal human behavior to joke about ruining the business of someone you openly hate! What's a little tortious interference between friends?
Nick hates drama. That's why he has built audiences off of court cases, politics, and a MGTOW friend. Court cases, especially that of mainstream media (Rittenhouse) and celebrities (Depp) are famously level-headed and drama-free. Politics doubly so. MGTOW rants about (black) women are similarly non-divisive.
Nick is lining himself up for a storm. The worst day of his life will have to be updated to include the fall out of his and his two best pals' legal cases.
He traded his audience and career for this?