Remove the word “fest” from Biketober site
Back some time ago, I received a certified letter from the Daytona Beach Area Convention and Visitors Bureau ( DBACVB ) advising me to remove the “fest” from my Biketober site. The letter stated that the word Biketoberfest® is a registered trademark owned by the DBACVB. This letter was different of previous correspondence coming from the non-profit organization in that it did not give a reason why. Previous communication with
the DBACVB stated my site did not promote Daytona Beach as they wanted. The email went on to state ” we primarily promote the Daytona Beach area to families and corporate markets.” Oh really! Recently the cover page of one of the domains that is approved and associated with the DBACVB looked like this:
Read: Daytona Beach, city without a vision
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