Source: Notablog
by Chris Matthew Sciabarra
“For more than two decades, I was associated with The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies (JARS). That journal’s debut issue was published in September 1999. … Not too long after the debut of that first issue, Bill [Bradford] received a threatening letter addressed to The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies Foundation, dated September 30, 1999 — twenty-six years ago today. It was from the New York offices of a prestigious law firm specializing in intellectual property rights. The lawyer wrote on behalf of their clients: Leonard Peikoff as the sole heir and executor of Rand’s estate, and the Ayn Rand Institute. We were informed that the Estate owned a valid federal trademark for the name ‘AYN RAND,’ which had been registered on February 10, 1998 (Registration No. 2,135,457).” (09/30/25)