Peabody Energy Threatens

The closing months of 2009 saw the beginning of an unfortunate legal dispute in which a trademark owner, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, ran to court to punish political activists for using its marks in a political parody. Sadly, less than a week into 2010, another trademark owner, Peabody Energy, is also using legal threats to attempt to silence criticism.

Peabody is one of a group of coal companies that has formed a Consortium for Clean Coal Utilization (CCCU) with Washington University, ostensibly to research