{"id":38462,"date":"2020-12-04T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/?p=38462"},"modified":"2020-12-04T17:07:37","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T01:07:37","slug":"sex-toy-company-threatens-to-sue-black-trans-owned-company-over-its-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/sex-toy-company-threatens-to-sue-black-trans-owned-company-over-its-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex Toy Company Threatens To Sue Black, Trans-Owned Company Over Its Name"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.niteflirt.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/GayPo0rn.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-32359\" width=\"284\" height=\"312\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A Black and trans-owned sex toy store says that another sex toy company is trying to shut it down following a trademark dispute over the name \u201cenby,\u201d which is a term\u00a0sometimes used\u00a0to describe nonbinary people. It seems a sex toy store named <a href=\"https:\/\/wildflowersex.com\/products\/enby\">Wild Flower<\/a> threatened to sue The Enby Store over the use of the word \u201cenby.\u201d Wild Flower claims that it \u201chas the common law trademark,\u201d and requested that the trademark be \u201crespected.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Enby Store started a GoFundMe to raise profits to fight the lawsuit, which has already reached more than its $25,000 goal. \u201cWe fundamentally believe that no one can own the term &#8216;enby,'&#8221; Enby&#8217;s GoFundMe description says. \u201cEnby is a descriptive term that under law cannot be trademarked &#8230; This would be as if a sex toy company was trying to claim ownership of the word Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Bisexual or Queer. 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