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Over on Nicola's blog, he's still asserting that he has the trademark, despite clear evidence from the IPO site to the contrary, and wants to 'settle' with the publisher. It's really kind of sad. Or it would be if, as Torgo mentioned already, he hadn't taken to cyber-bullying and wreaking havoc on a perfectly innocent party.
He not only doesn't have the trademark, it's about fifteen minutes work to ascertain that there have been numerous references to Tobermory cats even before Saki, and that they typically refer to large semi-feral ginger toms.
There were even cookies made in the shape of a ginger cat and sold in a decorated tin on Tobermory as Tobermory Cat Shortbread.
I am told by a friend that "the Tobermory cat" problem in the context of numerous fertile semi-feral cats has been addressed at council meetings in Tobermory.
In other words, Mr. Stewart doesn't meet the basic requirement of unique or a priori.
Moreover, Ms. Gliori has an actual character, and a story. And art work that she created.
I note that Mr. Stewart's photographs do not all appear to be of the same cat, taken with the same camera, or in some instances based on the metatdata in the image, on the island of Mull.
His viciousness and attempt to restrain trade, his web-stalking and trolling, and what looks to me like blatant attempts at extortion speak volumes about his character.
He is engaging in deliberate acts of malice.