28 POLL QUESTIONS for ALL, especially IP Attorneys: Evidence of Infringement?

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28 POLL QUESTIONS for ALL, especially IP Attorneys: Evidence of Infringement?

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INTRODUCTION:

Hello, my name is John R Naugle, and I am the 2003 creator for the ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE™ brand. The words, opinions, and allegations in these 28 Poll Questions (listed below) are my own. They are for engaging an IP or CIVIL ESQ. If you are an Intellectual Property (IP) or CIVIL Attorney, or you know one, please REVIEW this, or send this POLL link to others. Interested in advising me or representing me? Please email: ATLpeace1000 {at} gmail.com

DETAILS: In 2003, I created the ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE™ brand, and in '06, I made a Business Plan with copyright + incorporated an organization by that name. Now, I want to develop the commercial side via my company, JUST ATLpeace Media (JAM) LLC. My best example to emulate is the Coca‑Cola Company and the Coca-Cola Foundation, which state, "We have an equal hand in supporting the local and global changemakers."

The ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE brand can easily become a $100M company with the right partner. There are PRESS RELEASES on my site: ATLpeace1000 {dot} com I am willing to sell this singular brand outright for $8M, and I am seeking a BOLD TOP IP ESQ ASAP who is licensed to practice in GA to handle, edit, and amplify my Bill of Sale, plus act as an agent for a generous fee of $543,210. Also, I need IP enforcement & protection; therefore, my magnanimous agent's fee can cover this, right? IF you, as my prospective IP or CIVIL Attorney, feel that my company (as Plaintiff) has legal grounds, evidence, or cause to go against Andrew Jackson Young Jr, his Andrew J. Young Foundation, Inc., plus his new Atlanta Peace Inc.'s competing peace organization (Defendants) then I would like general papers filed when you're ready.

ADDITIONAL CAUSE? While slinging a Zinger or Zenger here and there, I recognize my mortality and deficiencies, plus that the figurative dust & debris that I create can cause eyesight damage too. Even so, I will still be willing to assist others with a clearer vision. There will be other citizens in metro Atlanta who feel equally betrayed and violated by Andy Young's alleged reluctance to resolve this 3.5+ year "issue amicably." His silence becomes painful violence. I would like my future IP or CIVIL ESQ to consider putting out "A CALL" and an email address that welcomes OTHER claimants to join the 'Victim Club' on this issue. For what it's worth, and to resolve this horrible issue, I have been following a 2000-year-old time-tested method -- with main steps to resolving differences: A) go to them, B) take two more, C) take it to the community, and D) t.b.d.

[Note: Andy's key rep (who shall remain nameless now) told me in our only live meeting; tête-à-tête + two... "It was a mistake" when I asked -- why they were abusing my brand. Sadly, the infringement and public violation continued soon thereafter. In almost the same breath, Andy's org attorney stated before three witnesses: "We are not using it as a trademark" ].

Andrew Jackson Young Jr. (1932 - ? ) figuratively signed 'The ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE™ Usurp Act' very intentionally and carefully (by letter, not spirit of law) on September 21, 2018 while receiving Georgia Tech’s Ivan Allen Jr. Prize in Social Courage (as published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle) and Andy stating publicly, “I don’t think God is through with us yet.” He unveiled his vision to making “Atlanta a city of peace”... and having Atlanta become “a capital of peace-making”.

Ambassador Andrew Young wants to take, or commandeer (with KingPins) ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE™, a future Global Capital of Peace Cultivation, Education, and Inspiration that will serve, for many generations into the Peace Millennium, Our Global Family: ONE Tribe™ a.k.a., The Greatest Race: HUMAN Race™ even as we adventure further out into SPACE: The Final Frontier and become Our Galactic Family: ONE Tribe™.

Andy Young has made his entire legacy by being one of the foremost proponents of Dr. King, as his "Voting Rights lieutenant" and a KING Center board member. He knows a great deal about protesting and injustice, but now he has inadvertently become a violator like the faction who once violated him. TRUTH: I, John Naugle, moved to Atlanta in 1983 primarily because of Andy's example and inspiration. I was Andy's follower before MLK's. But, I am sorry to report that I have never heard Andy speak out on MLK's positions about supremacy.

In 1959 (65 years ago), MLK stated in his Address at the Thirty-fourth Annual Convention of the National Bar Association... "We must seek democracy and not the substitution of one tyranny for another. Black supremacy is as bad as white supremacy."

In 1960 (64 years ago) at DePauw University - Greencastle, Ind. MLK stated: "Black supremacy is as dangerous as white supremacy, and God is not interested merely in the freedom of black men and brown men and yellow men... God is interested in the freedom of the whole human race and the creation of a society where all men will live together as brothers, and all men will respect the dignity and the worth of all human personality."

It is nearly impossible to be placed into a position of "student calling the teacher to higher ground." But MLK teaches us that being silent makes us complicit. I will not be silent and I will not be complicit. It is sad that Andy, being one of MLK's most celebrated and foremost proponents, seems to have tragically made an immense error of judgment. It is unconscionable because he has over 100 honorary degrees that are supposed to represent intelligence.

Will the Beloved Community now have to responsibly ask, on this 60th Anniversary of Andy's arrival in Dr. King's birthplace... "Has Andy grown so big from eating at MLK's Table that he has figuratively busted his britches and canceled himself?" History has shown us that public statues should never be made for the living because 'Winning The Race' (of life) has not been completed, and mortals who are fallible can sometimes fall before the finish line. Are there grounds to bring Andy's statues down if he is convicted of infringment or violating the public trust?

TO MY FUTURE IP or CIVIL ESQ: In addition to being an Infringement Plaintiff against Andy's indefensible decisions, I am also compelled to reluctantly volunteer as a lead civil rights plaintiff and a willing point-person in a separate group effort or action that lists all other applicable charges. I am not a lawyer, so do not know how to determine the Cause & Manner of Andy's actions. Therefore, I do not know what charges are appropriate, e.g., impugning the Atlanta Way, fraudulent misrepresentation, failure to avoid all appearances of malice, abandonment of civic responsibilities, conspiratorial collusion, brazen breach and dereliction of duties, tampering with evidence, violation of civil rights, poor sportsmanship, abuse of power, pre-racketeer suspect, conscious and shocking behavior, public incivility, shunning common decency, the vote of no confidence, egregious urban larping, penchant for unilateral thinking, neglection of spiritual protocol, intoxication by power, abandonment of civic responsibilities, misconduct in office, plagiarism, plain old infringement & commandeering, etc.

28 POLL QUESTIONS: This introduction, these communications and the 28 Poll Questions below are about a matter of public interest. A stand-alone singular act or allegation of civil rights violation & infringment is innocuos, but when combining ALL the elements of the allegations, it becomes a glaringly ugly pattern and premeditated. Here is Zinger: Opinions matter. Here is Zenger: Truth is a defense against a charge of libel and slander. To anyone who thinks I protest too much, don't send a psychologist. I have a B.S. Degree in Psychology and I've analyzed myself 8-ways to Sunday. Besides... Gandhi, King and Carter used MANY words and as one of their proponents, I'm inspired by how they have improved the future of, respectively, INDIA: The World's Biggest Democracy, ATLANTA: City of Peace™, GEORGIA: The Peace State™, USA: The Super Peace Way™, and MOTHER EARTH: Our Peace Mirth™.

"COURAGE is the form of every virtue..." ~ CS Lewis /// I need to engage a TOP IP or CIVIL ESQ ASAP. Interested? RSVP to ATLpeace1000 {at} gmail.com To any prospective IP Attorney anywhere, PLEASE review my '28 Poll Questions: Evidence or Infringement' below. I seek feedback, advice, GA referrals, and legal representation to protect my original creation. Note: One of the '28 Poll Questions' below is fake; not real. The respondent who identifies the absurd/fake allegation (even if you are not an attorney) will be congratulated. All responses are optional, anonymous, and can be edited. However, IF you want to be placed on the Update List, please enter your email address in the last Poll Question, or Epilogue. Thank you.

THE TWO BEST FIRST POINTS:

#1) I, John Naugle, have NEVER had an issue with anyone ever declining the invitations or proposals to develop my brand or assist in developing the peace organization I established in Nov. 2006. But, I will always have a problem with anyone who brazenly infringes, including a particular former US Ambassador to the UN who, 45 years ago, was forced to quit his position or be fired because he refused to respect the required responsibilities and the established protocol of the high position and office of the US Government, and...

#2) Dr. King's birthplace is like a beautiful lady; as Jimi Hendrix would say, a 'Foxey Lady!' Among other projects I am currently developing: I am seeking the leadership of a spiritually-minded person with decades of experience (like Dr. Andrew J. Young Jr D.Div.) who can Perform and Officiate the upcoming "Wedding Ceremony of the Peace Millennium™ (Years 2000-3000)." Invitees & Witnesses? YOU & Our Global Family: ONE Tribe™ They, or WE, are key & beloved siblings in the Greatest Race: HUMAN RACE™ (current world population is 8,082,808,988 as of Monday, 1 January 2024). Our Official Officiant will (on 28 May 2030) join in Holi Figurative Matrimony --- THE MOST HANDSOME GROOM --- INDIA: The World's Biggest Democracy (established by Mahatma Gandhi, Esq), and --- THE MOST BEAUTIFUL & FOXEY BRIDE --- ATLANTA: City of Peace (whose GREAT foundation stone was essentially laid 60 years ago by Dr. King in his world-famous Washington DC speech "I HAVE A DREAM!" On August 28, '63, Dr. King proclaimed:
"Let FREEDOM RING from STONE MOUNTAIN of GEORGIA!"

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[ ACP logo created by John Elliott, former U.S. State Department Diplomat ]

POLL Question #1: Is it Infringement or Evidence?

IF John R Naugle created the original brand term in 2003, pairing it with skylines of the city (see logo above) and using the term in various documents like the ©2006 ATLANTA: City of Peace Address and later, Andy Young & Team comes along in July 2019 and does the same thing (with trademark name & imagery), is that trademark infringement? (photo below: Andy's presentation before members of the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce and Atlanta Rotary Club). IF Andy is infringing, and Metro Chamber + Atlanta Rotary supports his initiative, do they become unwitting co-conspirators? Does anyone besides John want to know what Andy's Team told the journalist covering the July 2019 event and why it seemed to Andy that it was OK for them to allegedly abduct & infringe John's trademark?

POLL Question #2: Is it Evidence?

IF, on November 14th 2006, various ATL Citizens have a founder's meeting for ‘birthing’ ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE INC in the Sundial Restaurant on top of the WESTIN Peachtree Plaza Hotel-ATL, and Andy Young comes along a dozen+ years later and begins using that term publicly and beyond Fair Use (without prior notice, attribution, commission, communication, concession, discussion, remuneration, or allocution?) then is that infringement?

POLL Question #3: Is it Evidence?

IF Andy Young is formally invited to become key and developmentally integral (just as Billy Payne invited Andy's leadership with the 1996 Centennial Olympic Games) and John had hand-delivered to Andy a 'hot-off-the-press' (the first of 8-original copies) of the 2006 ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE, INC. Business Plan [on MLK Day Jan. 2007 at the KING Center] and Andy never responds or replies, then would that become good evidence?

POLL Question #4: Is it Evidence?

IF John Naugle and the peace organization he founded in 2006, hired an artist to create and print its first ever hard copy hand-out in 2006 -- before they were even incorporated with the GA Secretary of State – would this particular print job, with their outline of main projects (including the creating of a Univ. of Peace and a Peace District) be further proof, or substantiation and evidence of their copyright?

POLL Question #5: Is it Evidence?

IF John Naugle has no evidence he hand-delivered his 2006 ACP Business Plan to Andy Young on MLK Day 2007, at the KING Center event, can he use this 2010 photo (below) of Andy Young holding John's updated proposal? Note: At this public event John had publicly invited Andy's participation by publicly handing him the proposal (in the 40th anniversary year of EARTH DAY) during the Q&A of Andy's "Walk In My Shoes" book talk at the First Baptist Church in Decatur on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 at 7 PM (John’s actual proposal may be posted and linked here soon; please check back)...

POLL Question #6: Is this Infringement?

IF a person creates a new soda drink, is it "infringy" if they call it KOLA-COKA, and have a slogan like:

"Things go better?

Forget better!

Kola Coka is BEST.

Forget the rest!"

POLL Question #7: Is it evidence, and did the GA Secretary of State fail John?

IF John wanted to respectfully emulate the fine example of the Coca‑Cola Company, and the Coca-Cola Foundation who "have an equal hand in supporting the local and global changemakers" by establishing a LLC with the same name as his organization, could he do that?

FYI: He attempted to do that and applied for ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE LLC, but... "the GA Secretary of State determined that the name you provided was not acceptable, stating:

The name requested is not distinguishable from Business Name: ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE, INC. Control Number: 06103061 (est. 2006)

and...

The name requested is not distinguishable from Business Name: Atlanta Peace, Inc. Control Number: 19040554 (est. 2019)"

>>>NOTE: The first organization referenced above, by the GA Sec. of State, is John's peace organization [est. Nov 2006] and the second organization referenced is Andy's new peace organization [est. March 2019]. Question: Why would the GA Sec of State not say that Andy's org was "not distinguishable" too?

POLL Question #8: Is it Infringement and Evidence?

IF Atlanta: City of Peace, Inc. (ACP) -- herein referred to as "Organization A" is established in 2006, and is 'mirrored' by anyone using the same or similar brand name; e.g. Atlanta Peace, Inc. (AP) -- herein referred to as "Organization B" - established 2019, would that be considered Copyright or Trademark Infringement?

POLL Question #9: Is it Infringement / Evidence?

IF Andy and about two handfulls of his other direct and indirect supporters (herein referred to, and termed 'Andy & Team') have all received, from John, various invitations from past years --- to collaborate in developing the Atlanta: City of Peace (ACP) organization --- and they rarely ever replied or declined altogether with silence, but later... they still decided to develop his brand name without John, would that be evidence? Note: It will be up to John's future IP or Civil Trial ESQ on when, or whether the members of "Andy & Team" (who have 300+ years of cuumulative civic, business, and government experience) will ever be named publicly. It is tragic to say that 4 individuals on Andy's new AP-Board, including Andy, have received past invitations from John, and so they have essentially become informed or "witting" of John's 2006 ACP-Mission, right? What's sad is that the remaining 8, in John's opinion, have been essentially made into unwitting co-conspirators of infringement. Andy's site was recently pulled down, but confronting the consequences is another story needing reconcilation. Is this evidence for a case?

POLL Question #10: Is it Evidence?

IF, perhaps, Andy --- in his advanced age --- is not completely in control of his ability to reason well, and he was coerced by those around him to lead in the alleged brazen public theft of John's brand, could they have opened themselves up the the charge of elder abuse?

POLL Question #11: Is it Evidence?

IF Andy, as the founder of the Andrew J. Young Foundation Inc, the 2019 founding chairman of Atlanta Peace Inc (AP), and the recipient of more than 100 honorary degrees, is found to be in complete control of his abilities to 'get smart', and to reason sensibly, then would it be fair and logical to allege that he is the ringleader of the dangerous effort to take control of John's brand? Without any effort on Andy's part to offer any advanced discussion, communication, or negotiation... is he not placing at GREAT risk of considerable damage: A) to all those he is drawing in to assist with his plans and; B) to the entire peace legacy and good character of our great city?

Message from John to his future IP or Civil ESQ: "My assessments, opinions, and allegations are harsh and very painful to write and read. Making these claims against Andy and those who were once held up as major inspirations is traumatic for me. This is a different area of victimization I am experiencing. I know it's painful for me and everyone who may read this (if they have a conscience). As my future IP or Civil Trial ESQ, you may have to go up against the dozens of attorneys and law firms that Andy & Team can engage. They may want to claim slander, defamation, or whatever. Take heart my future IP or Civil Trial ESQ, because I am an advocate of: A) Moses who received the 10 Commandments on Mt. Sinai, e.g. 'Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor"; B) Messiah who stated "Love... rejoices with the truth"; C) Mahatma Esq who founded the contemporary peace movement 'Satyagraha', or 'insistence upon truth'; and Martin, a dear brother in our Global Family who stated, "... truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality." Martin also condemned silence, and so I am compelled to speak up, otherwise, I become a witting co-conspirator who is aiding and abetting in my own demise (see quote below).

POLL Question #12: Is it Evidence?

IF 'Andy & Team' did, in fact, receive various invitations & proposals from John and his ACP organization in past years, and they are on file ready to deliver to a top IP ESQ ASAP who can serve initial papers before the end of January 2024, then would this be helpful evidence?

And would it be helpful for John's future IP ESQ to know that he has told Andy & Team --- in various times and ways -- of his destitution, that he has used all his savings, his credit line, and the kindness of family and friends to establish and sustain his peace organization from its beginning?

Would it be helpful for John's future IP or Civil Trial ESQ to know that he has admitted to Andy & Team (what they already assessed via due diligence after past invitations) that he has MUCH to learn in the areas of organization creation, development, and management? John says: "I have assembled a wonderful team of inspiring leaders from around the USA and world, but I have thus far failed them because I know too little about the responsibilities of an organization founder, CEO & president in the key areas of Leadership, Fundraising, Board Development, Financial Management, Human Resources (HR), Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), Operations and Technology, Programs and Activities, Community Relations and Communication, plus Compliance and Best Practices."

And would it be helpful for John's future IP or Civil Trial ESQ to consider that... Andy & Team had earlier assessed that John had disqualified himself (being their development partner) because he was not very successful as a leader. Surely, they determined that John was essentially a leader-failure and in a weakened state needed formidable help with the audacious ACP Mission, and yet they apparently decided to take advantage of John in his weakened state (recall the old story about the good fella from Samaria?). Through Andy & Team's conscious decision and alleged efforts to usurp John's brand --- then could this action be considered especially shocking and egregious behavior? Hmmmm! 'Once upon a time, in a land nearby, two brothers lived on opposite sides of town. One had plenty and the other had little, including a beautiful gift he had been making for the Beloved Community. The latter was taking a hike along an old train track. A small group of juvenile delinquents came along and mugged him, but they did not find the small gift hidden in his clothes. Interestingly, walking along the tracks later came his wealthy brother Sam. What did Sam do? You write the story's ending. Did he kick his brother and rob him of his gift while he was down? Or was goodness in Sam, and did he render aid by offering love, respect, support, food, and drink?'

POLL Question #13: Is it Evidence?

IF John, after discovering the shocking initial alleged act of infringement in July 2019 (compliments of an alert senior adviser and attorney to his peace organization, plus a former US Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Department), then sends emails to "Andy & Team" a lay-person's Cease & Desist Cover Letter ("Urgent INVITATION for ATLANTA Peace, Inc. 10.02.19 R.S.V.P.") and also a proposal ("GANDHI UNITY PROCLAMATION 10.02.19 R.S.V.P.") for a combined total of 6,789 words... so that he and Andy could resolve their differences amicably, would this be evidence of a good faith effort?

NOTE: These two documents -- dated October 2, 2019 - Mahatma Gandhi’s Exact 150th (Sesquicentennial: 1869-2019) Birth Anniversary -- were emailed to Andy & Team (6 total individuals), plus their chosen 'point-person' --- who, in John's opinion, is the liaison between the witting & unwitting co-conspirators. These two documents, as all following efforts to obtain a resolution, were also sent by the U.S. Postal Service, Registered & Certified (faces redacted; right side of image below). John has all of the USPS Proof of Delivery Cards.

POLL Question #14: Is it Infringement / Evidence?
IF the two documents referenced above happen to represent a great effort, it would be important for John's future IP or Civil Trial ESQ to know that this effort was one of a minimum of 7 other draft resolution agreements asking them to edit and offer alternative resolution solutions. All of them (especially the one of Oct 2, UN Intl Day of Nonviolence & Gandhi's 150th Birthday) essentially fell on deaf ears. In the Oct. 2, GANDHI UNITY PROCLAMATION, John essentially offered to: A) lead in the actual dissolution of his organization (with reasonable stipulations) and; B) to give Andy & Team his unique brand name; and C) along with the 8 related domains (which all currently forward to the main ‘Mother’ site… ATLANTAcityofpeace.org, ATLANTAcityofpeace.com, ATLpeace.org, ATLpeace.com, ATLANTApeace.org, ATLcityofpeace.org, ATLANTApeace.com, and ATLcityofpeace.com ); D) transfer into their ownership any of John's mission statements to be used & altered in any way needed - example: "ATLANTA: City of Peace is gifting a Global Capital of Peace to our Global Family"; and E) John also offered to work with them, or for them --- to no avial.

One of those reasonable stipulations was asking Andy & Team to kindly recognize (with an equivalent of 4 years back pay) the 12+ years John had sacrificed --- without receiving any salary + plus his funding & sustaining the organization with mostly his now evaporated savings and credit line. As anyone will see in the image below (along with the ACP organization T-shirt and the Rotary Club button of John's father) there are two bank checks offered from John (account # and signature redacted). John was willing to make two donations of $100k each; supporting Andy's new peace organization, and also their main project-- a summit for Nobel Peace laureates. John's net (from his reasonable stipulation to Andy & Team and the gift of his unique brand, the dissolution of his peace organization, and 8 gifts of related brand domains) would have amounted to $157k for 12+ years of honorable labor celebrating great peacebuilders like Gandhi, King, and Carter. Therefore, John would like to ask his future IP or Civil Trial ESQ, or any attorney this. "Do these details comprise evidence of a good faith effort for resolution?"

POLL Question #15: Evidence?

IF John's future IP or Civil Trial ESQ, or anyone, wants to be assured that Andy & Team were 'all in' and acting as one, then could this following info be considered as evidence? In all of John's email communications to Andy & Team -- WITH snail-mail copies via USPS Certified & Registered + delivery confirmation (see 3 examples below), he made points like: "...please contact one another to ensure all receive this", and "Please relay a copy of this Follow-up directly to Andy. Thanks! "

BEFORE listing these three (3) examples below, John would like to extend, once again, his "Amnesty: An Ordinary Opt-Out Opportunity to any previously identified direct or indirect co-conspirator on 'Andy & Team'. John says: "You may all be identified soon enough through court papers, and IF you finally realize your foolish actions have found you out, then send me a statement via US Post, Registered & Certified, that you no longer want to be a party to commandeering my ACP Brand and I will then remove you from complicity."

Snail-Mail Address: John Naugle, c/o JUST ATLpeace Media LLC, PO Box 724325 Atlanta, GA 31139-1325."

EXAMPLE #1...

From: John R Naugle

To: Andy & Team (6 in all)

Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 6:11 PM
Subject: INVITATION: Andy, Solidarity Party or Ordinary Opt-Out Opportunity...

[John stated]...

Stressed in ATLANTA: City of Peace.
Dear Andy,

(Cc to 'Team')
You have inspired many leaders, and wannabe leaders over the years; including me. Whether or not you are comfortable with the concept yet, I am an indirect protégé of you -- just as Dr King was of Gandhi. I am one of many who have been guided and supported (indirectly) by you, someone more experienced and influential. Thanks. What IF your influence as a 'guru' became more direct; i.e. less indirect in 2020 -- the exciting year before us?

I have created a follow-up Invitation, and it welcomes a Solidarity Party between all of us, or an "Opt-Out" for anyone not interested in this type of party. Please encourage 'the 5' to examine its peaceabilities. IF you 6 do not have any kind of counter-offer by year's end, then I will offer & deliver four (4) options on Jan 15, MLK's Birthday. (in this email's attached doc on 12/20/20, it stated)... Amnesty: An Ordinary Opt-Out Opportunity

To: Andy & Team (6 in all)… There may be some of you that were led, or brought into your present alliance and you unknowingly were not aware of the broader ramifications. IF any of you later discovered you were being asked to, directly or indirectly, support the violation of my rights or property and you then objected to your other colleagues through email, and you NOW want to be delisted from this ill-conceived action, simply forward me a copy of that email and IF it is determined to be a genuine objection, you will be removed from future emails and implications. Thank you.

John R Naugle

EXAMPLE #2...

From: John R Naugle

To: Andy & Team (6 in all)

Date: Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 11:56 PM
Subject: ALERT #2: Andy, [+5 Names Redacted]... Oct 17th Follow-Up Re: Urgent Invitation: + Gandhi Unity Proclamation, Oct 2 - R.S.V.P.

John opened with a statement: "Please relay a copy of this "ALERT #2 Follow-up" (PDF attached) directly to Andy, PLUS check with each other to make sure you all get it, OK? Thanks!"

EXAMPLE #3...

From: John R Naugle

To: Andy & Team (6 in all)

Date: Fri, Oct 11, 2019 at 11:00 PM
Subject: ALERT #1: Andy, [+5 Names Redacted]... Oct 11th Follow-Up Re: Urgent Invitation: + Gandhi Unity Proclamation, Oct 2 - R.S.V.P.

John had stated things like:
In Summary: On Oct 2, Gandhi's 150th, you were asked, on page 1 of the "Urgent INVITATION for ATLANTA Peace, Inc. 10.02.19 R.S.V.P" to "Please choose, from amongst yourselves, a Team Unifier + have them review & respond to our Unity proposal (no response = a response ). QUESTIONS: Did you review it? Did you choose "a Team Unifier", someone to speak for your team? Did you respond? If so, please resend your response because it has not been seen yet. If you did not respond as a team, then --- as stated in the October 2 'Urgent Invitation', no response will be recorded as a response."

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Note: This "Team Unifier" that John asked for turned out to be Andy's chosen liaison (redacted; not named publicly yet) between the witting and unwitting co-conspirators; in John's opinion. If the official incorporation name, Atlanta: City of Peace Inc. (ACP) sounds too similar to the official incorporation name of Atlanta Peace Inc. (AP) would this cause formidable confusion, dilution, and distraction to the missions of each?

POLL Question #16: Is it Infringement / Evidence?

IF Andy is encouraging others (like universities) to use John's brand, and this was found to be an attempt to further dilute and make it more difficult for John to enforce through his limited knowledge of IP Protection would this be additional evidence? Essentially, Andy could potentially use as a defense "Well, everybody else is using John's 'common term' so I thought I could too."

(see image below)

POLL Question #17: Is it Infringement / Evidence?

IF Organization "A" had acquired in 2006 prior clearance and permissions from John Naugle to use his brand name without encumbrances, and Organization "B" had later allegedly coerced a widely respected writer to compromise their journalistic integrity and formidable legacy to give them regular coverage on developing the exact city-brand that Organization "A" had prior authority to use, then would you, an IP or Civil Trial ESQ, consider B's act a brazen abuse of power, and would that journalist then become an unlikely co-conspirator with Andy & Team to infringe and deprive John of his asset by default?

TOO FEW KNOW THIS: John and his organization invited, on 01/01/2018, ten (10) educational institutions in metro Atlanta to partner in creating ATLANTA: City of Peace, a Global Capital of Peace. And John was happy, yet also a bit dismayed, when Andy won Georgia Tech’s 2018 Ivan Allen Jr. Prize in Social Courage (with a $100,000 award). As published in the Atlanta Business Chronicle on Sept. 21, 2018... (photo below) "Young also acknowledged former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn and Dr. Bill Foege, the first two winners of the Allen Prize. Nunn has been working to remove the international threat of weapons of mass destruction. Foege led the effort to eradicate smallpox from the world."

Young said they “helped us realize we can change the world from this city.”

Young then added, “I don’t think God is through with us yet.”

He unveiled his vision to making “Atlanta a city of peace...”

POLL Question #18: Is it Infringement / Evidence?

IF John and Organization "A" (ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE, INC.) owns, or manages these main domains (ATLANTAcityofpeace.org, ATLANTAcityofpeace.com, ATLpeace.org, ATLpeace.com, ATLANTApeace.org, ATLcityofpeace.org, ATLANTApeace.com, and ATLcityofpeace.com ) and Andy's Organization "B" (ATLANTA PEACE, INC.) launches its new website in September 2019 with ATLpeace.us, can my prospective new IP or Civil Trial ESQ, or any attorney see that this would generate confusion and could be considered dilution, infringement, duplication, mirroring, and replication?

POLL Question #19: Is it Infringement / Evidence?

IF John and Organization "A" (ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE, INC.) selected these main social networks over a decade ago (twitter.com/ATLcityofpeace and facebook.com/ATLcityofpeace) and Organization "B" (ATLANTA PEACE, INC.) launched their new social network links in Sept 2019 (facebook.com/ATLpeacecity and instagram.com/ATLpeacecity) and they happen to imitate those of Organization "A" would that generate confusion and be considered dilution, infringement, duplication, mirroring and replication?

POLL Question #20: Is it Infringement Evidence?
IF, Organization "A" (from the time of their founding) had essentially failed in the area of fundraising, and then suddenly began receiving a windfall of donations (say $65k cumulatively) after Organization "B" had launched its website (ATLpeace.us in Sept. 2019), could A attribute its new funding success to B, and would A be allowed to keep the CA$H, or funding? Did B's new infringy website (ATLpeace.us) cause confusion with A's old, but still active, sites (ATLpeace.org & ATLpeace.com)? Would it be OK for "A" to keep this windfall, or would it be more ethical & moral to divest it and forward it?

POLL Question #21: Is it Evidence?
IF a copyright is registered with the US Government, and the trademark is not... but it is registered with the GA Sec. of State, is it still a valid and enforceable as common law intellectual property?

POLL Question #22: Is it Infringement / Evidence?
IF former mayors of Atlanta, or any city, retain their old city-service powers of Eminent Domain (E.D.); i.e., "the right of a government or its agent to expropriate private property for public use, with payment of compensation" then allegations of infringement are not really applicable or useful here, right? As an example, can a former mayor's new nonprofit (e.g., 'Organization B') bully others (e.g., 'Organization A') and figuratively move onto your property, perhaps in a bulldozer -- and essentially threaten your entire future? To John's future IP or Civil Trial ESQ, he needs to ask... "Where does the threatening originate?" Andy & Team shockingly moved onto John's Intellectual property (IP) without a prior warning, discussion, or agreement, and then told him through email "Have your attorney talk to our attorney!" (FYI: John does NOT have an IP or Civil Trial ESQ yet). And then later, through Andy & Team's official representative or liaison (before 3 witnesses) told John, in person, on Oct. 31, 2019 to... "Stay out of our way!" Is this evidence?

POLL Question #23: Is it Infringement / Evidence?
IF the pro bono attorney for Andy & Team ('the witting') plus 'the unwitting' (or innocent in the rest of the organization's team) is permitted to brandish his opinions and position around, then John's future IP ESQ needs to have that evidence to better ascertain what he and John are up against. Andy's attorney has told John that his emails seeking a resolution to this horrible situation are "harassing, delusional, and taking an increasingly threatening and unsettling tone" and that they are including "monetary demands." [Of course an attorney would say this, but THAT IS FAR FROM THE TRUTH!]

TO John's future IP or Civil Trial ESQ, here is one of their attorney's opinions below, which by default is their organization's position: “While I have strong doubts that you have any protectable trademark rights in ‘city of peace,’ which is used by more than 250 cities around the world and in Georgia, we are not using ‘city of peace’ in any trademark sense, and have no interest in doing so.”

JOHN'S RESPONSE: "It’s fine with me if Andy or anyone uses ‘city of peace’, but when they combine that with so many other elements of everything our organization has invited him to support; e.g., THE CITY NAME, imagery, phrasing, projects, mission, etc. then you will hear from my future IP or Civil Trial ESQ. IF Andy or anyone does not want to collaborate with us to ‘Be the Change & Dream to Honor Gandhi & King’ then please go hire someone creative so you can have your own brands to develop. I own ©ATLANTA: City of Peace™ and created it in 2003, just as 31 years ago (in 1993) I created ©MARIETTA: City of Courage™ too. Andrew Jackson Young Jr. has had my formal invitation to develop ATLANTA: City of Peace since MLK Day 2007. On 08/08/08, when I first published ©The Declaration of Peace Millennium, I wrote: "Every possible city on Earth will become a 'City of Peace' (our goal)." The 2009 founder of the International Cities of Peace organization (which now has 450 cities of peace registered) has been my old connection and friend since 2007. Being too busy at the time -- in developing my brand ©ATLANTA: City of Peace™, and organization ATLANTA: City of Peace, Inc (ACP)... I was not able to offer co-founder assistance to International Cities of Peace when it was founded in 2009. The brand I created could have been listed as one of the FIRST three founder-cities on the ICP site, but I got distracted and waited to register it as the #250th city. Consider this: To ANYONE wanting to know why I am diplomatically persisting in protecting my brand from Andy's abuse or anyone's infringement — IF I permit Andy and all his powerful connections and deep-pocketed funders to develop my brand, while also allowing him to prohibit my collaboration and participation with him/them, then I may as well forfeit the years of labor my team and I have invested in popularizing it, and to sustaining it. We cannot AND will not forfeit the GREAT projects that will transform how the world is inspired by our city. To my future IP or Civil Trial ESQ, let's permit Andy & Team to bring 40 attorneys or 40 law firms to court so they can prove how powerful they are in depriving an ordinary citizen of their art, asset, and GREAT GIFT that he has made for Dr. King's birthplace. THEY are the ones threatening ME and my sincere aspirations to serve the Beloved Community and the Greater Good; i.e., Our Global Family: ONE Tribe™ and The GREATEST RACE: Human Race™, OK? Is this explanation delusional, unsettling, or just plain good evidence?"

[screenshots below; Andy & Team working with Kentucky Mktng company to develop John's brand without him]

POLL Question #24: Is it Infringement / Evidence?
IF Organization "A" began seeking assistance in mid-2006 to develop the 'ATLANTA: City of Peace' brand (from sending proposals to living Nobel Peace Prize Laureates) and Organization "B" came along in early 2019 and began doing the same 'Nobel thing', would that be considered dilution, infringement, duplication, confusion, mirroring, replication (or all the above)? Note: John had invited three Nobel Peace Prize laureates (President Carter, Rigoberta Menchú Tum, and Bishop Desmond Tutu) to assist him in substantiating the ATLANTA: City of Peace brand --- before the organization was even incorporated in Nov. 2006. Andy, Billy Payne, A.J. Robinson, and other leaders were invited to participate in early 2007. In 2015, all Nobel Peace Prize Laureates and their foundations were invited. And in March 2019 (months before news of Andy's plan to infringe on John's brand had broken) John had sent an urgent proposal to all six (6) Peace Laureates from the Nobel Women's Initiative (NWI) asking them to engage eight (8) additional Nobel Peace Prize Laureates (including President Carter) so that the fourteen (14) of them could sign John's document “The PROCLAMATION FOR GANDHI’S NOBEL PEACE PRIZE-2019”, and so it could be delivered as "An APPEAL to the Norwegian Nobel Committee" so that Mahatma Gandhi could be declared a Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, posthumously, in the Sesquicentennial of his birth, 2 October 2019 which is also the United Nations International Day of Nonviolence, dedicated to the Mahatma ("Great Soul").

Sadly, on 31 October 2019 in the Sundial Restaurant on top of the World's Tallest Hotel in the Western Hemisphere, during a High Noon first-ever meeting with Andy's liaison (who serves between the alleged witting & unwitting co-conspirators), John was told --- before two other witnesses --- to "Stay out of our way." This is an absurd commandment on several levels. A) Andy & Team are squatting on and developing John's brand without any prior notice, attribution, communication, commission, concession, discussion, remuneration, or allocution; B) In articles published online, Andy & Team are saying "We want everyone's participation and involvement" (paraphrasing), but they only began communication with John AFTER they were sent his Cease & Desist Letter.

POLL Question #25: Is it Infringement / Evidence?
IF Organization "A" had been seeking development founders for one of its key projects (created in 2008) and Organization "B" came along in early 2019 to announce its intention to create the same sort of project, while also using John's trademark in their community event graphics (image on right; below), would that be considered a knock-off, or duplication, mirroring, replication and infringement when all other, herein presented, aspects of this 'situation' are also considered?

POLL Question #26: Is it Infringement / Evidence?

IF Andy Young has added the Atlanta City of Peace brand, project, and mission phraseology on his very own Andrew J. Young Foundation website, does it make anyone wonder if all his other projects are less than original (see image from Andy's website below)?

When someone like Andy does something so blatant, egregious, and so public they naturally open themselves up to constructive indignation and criticism by those who know that Peace and Justice are intertwined. John realizes there will be those who condemn and define his bold efforts as 'empty ridicule' with no ultimate goal of bringing solid solutions. However, if one examines John's painful yet effective indignation and methodical efforts toward uniting through conviction, remorse, and reconciliation, it's far from the empty blather of a common troll.

In numerous ways over the past dozen+ years, John has honored Andy and respectfully 'kissed his ring' so to speak. A couple of years ago, John told Andy: "I am one of many who have been guided, inspired, and supported (indirectly) by you, someone more experienced and influential. Thanks."

Although it would be wonderful to have the partnership and collaboration from someone so experienced as Andy, John's spirits are not diminished. He has primarily shaped his focus and 'presence' after leaders like Gandhi, King, and Carter who exude the greatest virtues: Courage, Faith, Hope, and Love. John has especially worked to adopt Dr. King's sentiment of having "a Fierce Urgency of Now... because there is such a thing as too late!"

What is particularly difficult for John to understand is that Andy Young is willing to be a partner in a business that favors people of color (POC) over others, and yet he feels OK when accepting "The Lifetime Achievement Award in the 2020 Atlanta Business Chronicle Diversity and Inclusion Awards." In John's opinion, it is also odd that Andy would openly partner in writing and publishing a book with a journalist known for being unapologetic about promoting skin color and Atlanta as a Black Mecca. Can leaders like this be that blind to the ramifications of positions like this?

While expressing constructive indignation and offering real solutions for a way to "SAVE the Atlanta Way", John would like to herein appeal to the AJC and all respectable media outlets to banish the term 'Black Mecca' when tempted to use it as a positive reference for the birthplace of Dr. King who emphasized character over color and exposed all forms of supremacy. To John and many other sensible leaders of every color, that Black Mecca term is unapologetically abhorrent, dangerous, destructive, divisive, repugnant, and separatist. That term damages and threatens the future of Dr. King's birthplace AS MUCH AS Buckhead Billy White's advocacy and ignorance in wanting to create a figurative 'White Mecca' in north Atlanta and leading it to secede from ATLANTA: CITY OF PEACE. BOTH are essentially working against the future of our great city. And for the record, how dare Billy White & Team give Mayor Dickens a performance test to lower crime rates or they will essentially secede from the City. But WHAT IF PROPONENTS OF BOTH separatist groups crawled out of their back-room cliques which represent dissension & faction from the norm, and WE ALL CELEBRATED as ONE? Party Time!

Back to calling out Andy. Remember, John has never had a problem with anyone ignoring or rejecting collaboration proposals. But since Andy wants to commandeer John's brand and also also exclude him from participating, then Andy opens himself up for examination. Tough love hurts, but it can help us all get healthier.

IT IS NOW PUBLISHED RECORD that Andy has supported, stood up for, and sought mercy for a convicted cop killer, but it's crickets for John. Andy has also stood up for a wealthy and famous musician who was convicted on federal weapons charges related to purchasing machine guns and silencers, but it's crickets for John. Does John need to increase his stockpile of weapons to better attract Andy's help? John is actually qualified to receive Andy's help because he's a bad, bad man --- since he was arrested by the Atlanta Police Department's SWAT Team. Charged with criminal trespass in 2003 ("Certified John Lewis Good Trouble"), John had climbed the gigantic Turner Broadcasting Tower, one of the ten tallest freestanding structures in the world, to unfurl a huge banner in view of thousands of cars on Interstate 75/85. The Cops tricked him, and lied to him "Come on down because we have a press conference waiting for you to tell the citizens about your banner: GKC-AIRPORT.COM, ok?" He was thrown in jail just like Dr. King! [FYI: John Spink, the celebrated AJC multi-media photojournalist, has the original photos].

John needs his future IP or Civil Trial ESQ to use legal ways to convince Andy Young to remove John's brand references from his Foundation site (see image below) or --- even better --- to help Andy reach a collaboration agreement with John, perhaps even establish a partnership where Andy can promote ATLANTA CITY OF PEACE more ethically and fully.

POLL Question #27: Is it Infringement / Evidence?

IF, on 01/01/2018, Organization "A" formally invited ten (10) educational institutions in metro-Atlanta to become "KEY OFFICIAL CO-FOUNDERS by boldly partnering in creating Earth’s Global Capital of Peace" (see image below of partial Proposal; 1st half), and then Andy's Organization ("B") comes along in February 2020 to announce its intention of creating the same sort of project; inviting ten (10) educational institutions, would this be good evidence?

POLL Question #28: Is it Infringement / Evidence?

IF Andy & Team's official representative and liaison between their organization's witting and unwitting co-conspirators; John's opinion) had told him on Oct. 31, 2019 (after receipt of his lay-person's Cease & Desist letter) that "It was a mistake" to use his brand name, then a reasonable person would believe they would cease doing that, right?

The PRIMARY reason why John wants his new IP or Civil Trial ESQ to file papers against the brazen infringers, is because of Andy & Team's decision to go back on their ridiculous "MISTAKE" explanation.

Andy's "Atlanta Peace Education Initiative" (which still infringes on John's ATLANTA: City of Peace trademark) was brought into the 'daylight' or public on Feb 4, 2020 during the the Greater Atlanta Higher Education Leadership Meeting. Below is the photo from that 2/4/20 meeting, along with the list of ten (10) educational institutions they want to unite and collaborate with.

QUESTIONS that John & his future IP or Civil Trial ESQ need to ask... "Will these 10 educational institutions ever collaborate with John's organization, or mission? Or will they say 'We are already developing the 'Atlanta City of Peace' concept with Andy Young and Team?' " Another question that comes to mind, "IF these 10 educational institutions that Andy has invited into his team are succeeding much better than they would have with John's team, does this make John's organization and their projects redundant -- destined for failure, and do these 10 institutions become accidental co-conspirators with Andy & Team to deprive John of his trademark?"

POLL Question #28: Is it Evidence?
IF a social-action copyright or trademark falls into a category of either fighting what is wrong or building what is right, how can a citizen determine the best way to use their finite resources of time, creativity, finance, intellect, and connections? To the future IP or Civil Trial ESQ of John Naugle, accept this evidence... He deplores being placed into the position of seeming to fight what is wrong. For the record, he still loves Andy & Team and has forgiven them, but resolving the consequences of their actions is another project. John does not want to be defined as fighting about this. Fighting implies that someone may get hurt and a peacbuilder would not want that to happen. Fighting for something also leans toward paradigms like Win-Lose and Win-Win, plus it is mostly about wanting something you do not have, and John has all basic wants & needs covered, plus he owns ©ATLANTA: City of Peace™, and other great brands, so he needs nothing but reconciliation with Andy & Team. And at Andy's advanced age -- with none of us promised tomorrow--- John would like to see him offer an authentic public remorseful apology to the educational, civic, government and business leaders + organizations he has brought into his foolish effort. John loves Andy enough to go to these lengths, calling him to account, and finally to tell him "If you have, in my opinion, made co-conspirators of these various leaders and entities, then you have betrayed them. Andy, 2024 is the 60th anniversary of you moving to Dr. King's birthplace in 1964 (the year of his Nobel Peace Prize). In the final years of your life, which should continue protecting and promoting others rights, will you still be able to say this with a clear heart?

'I have only one more to reconcile with.' "

John and Andy never established any kind of initial relationship, yet. Therefore, there is really nothing to reconcile with him, right? Unless of course one may consider the wider reference that we are all sisters and brothers in our Global Family and we want to be keepers of those around us.

If one examines John's brands and projects they are mostly about building what is right and good, rather than fighting what is wrong. This is much more than semantics. We are fortunate to be in this new era of collaboration. Competition is so passé and last millennium. Guiding the presence of John's peace organization is this great quote by futurist Buckminster Fuller: "You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the existing model obsolete."

IF Andy & John decide later to resolve all differences, to unite and call this episode an April Fool's Joke, and then perhaps even partner on developing a $100M brand (one of the greatest brands ever created --- that will transform Dr. King's birthplace into ATLANTA: City of Peace, a Global Beacon, Capital, Mecca and Nexus of Peace Cultivation, Education, and Inspiration) then maybe Mike Paul: Reputation Doctor® could bring healing, and perhaps their respective attorneys would agree to assist them through this difficult time so they could proclaim together: "We just want to say, you know, can we all get along? Since we have decided to unite, can we all unite together?"

EPILOGUE BY JOHN R NAUGLE:
For the record, I moved to Atlanta -- from Tampa -- in 1983, and this is my 30th Anniversary of being here in metro Atlanta. Around, perhaps 1980, while living in Tampa I had read or heard on TV a short speech by Andrew Young and he had referenced Atlanta like this... (paraphrasing) "Atlanta is the city too busy to hate. We are an international city with no geographic borders to limit our growth. We have over 100,000 students from many other nations going to school here, and we have the world's busiest airport!"

At that time, I thought to myself; "WOW! Atlanta!" I had never been to, or through Atlanta, before Andy Young "SOLD" me on Atlanta! And auspiciously, somehow through good providence or better, I was led to create the ATLANTA: City of Peace brand in 2003 which is 20 years after arriving here. I had never been to Dr. King's birthplace before November 1983. I was born in New Jersey: The Garden State, raised in Texas (5 miles west of Cut-and-Shoot), and lived ~8 years in Tampa where I had originally gone to study Marine Biology (since my family often visited the beaches of Galveston I grew to admire to work of Jacques Cousteau). I attended Galveston Jr. College (50 years ago in 1973) and graduated from the University of Houston in 1975. But when I got to Florida in late '75 and discovered all the amazing citrus and avocados growing on trees plus the fresh strawberries and honey bees, I was reminded of my other childhood inspiration; Johnny Appleseed and so I went into exterior and interior landscaping. But then, coming from Tampa in late '83... Yes, I am proud to admit that Dr. Andrew Jackson Young Jr., DDiv is one of the main reasons why I moved to Atlanta and became an activist inspired by him and globally respected peacebuilders like Gandhi, King, and Carter.

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