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Resident urges Monroe-Woodbury to seek trademark protection after local political ad use of district colors

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Summary

A resident urged the board to pursue trademark and copyright protections for district marks and to consider a cease-and-desist after an independent expenditure committee used district colors and branding in campaign materials that have confused parents.

A resident, BJ Mendelson, told the Board of Education on June 18 that political mailers and online ads he said were paid for by an independent expenditure committee using the domain protectmw.com have caused confusion among local families and might infringe on district intellectual property.

Mendelson described the committee as an independent expenditure committee tied to a state senator (name…

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