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I'm Joseph Valenti, and I've been facing challenges with legal matters in Massachusetts on behalf of the 30 NERO Chapters, 750 staff members, and tens of thousands of former and current NERO LARP members to prevent the potential decline of our 35-year-old NERO live-action role-playing organization.
In 1998, after the owners ran NERO for a decade, they asked me to purchase it, and I did. In 2009, following significant growth to around 50 Chapters, a group initiated unfounded allegations against me, leading to a business meeting far from my home with the aim of requesting my resignation as the organization's CEO. When we resisted their demands, about eight licensees rebranded their NERO Chapters and ventured into a competing business. Despite their unsuccessful attempt to replace the NERO International organization, in 2014, they took advantage of legal loopholes to acquire our 2 trademarks
In 2015, after obtaining the trademark registrations, they falsely claimed ownership and urged NERO Licensees and NERO members worldwide to abandon our organization. Despite their previous attempt in 2009, the ringleader persisted, coercing individuals to join their replicated version of NERO.
Legal proceedings in the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) began in 2017, and for four years, they employed wordplay and loopholes rather than admit defeat. Their strategy involved stalling court proceedings while copying NERO materials and making deceptive claims about their history and involvement with original NERO writers.
Facing financial challenges, I've gone bankrupt over the past seven years battling these attorneys. Now, as we approach trial, I seek assistance. While I'll recover financially over time, the NERO organization remains at risk without legal representation. We need your support to ensure the imaginative authors, dedicated staff, and the NERO community are not at the mercy of unscrupulous attorneys.
These unethical lawyers, along with their conspirators, have resorted to intimidating tactics, attempting to force me to surrender the NERO organization. Refusing to comply, they proceeded to harm the organization built by thousands of its members since 1998. We possess substantial evidence to prevail against them and safeguard the NERO trademarks and copyrights.
I am asking for funding to cover attorney representation for
the organization, paralegals to facilitate trial proceedings, and
other trial-related costs. The trial is scheduled from January 29
to February 02, 2024, in Boston, Massachusetts. I am representing
myself (pro se) and while i'm confident of success, with your
assistance, we can ensure the organization is represented by an
attorney to safeguard our trademarks and NERO materials from being
wrongfully taken. Your support is crucial in protecting the NERO
community we all cherish and love.
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