John:;  Please note:  Dr. Lieberman does NOT have Parkinsons. He did have
polio as a young man.  My understanding of the documents presented by NPF
does not preclude the future development of  web-sites by Dr. L.  I would
suggest that people stay "tuned" for future information.  In spite of NPF's
public and inflammatory display of their legal documents, we can be assured
that we do not know the whole story.  And, perhaps we never will.  While
they may feel justified in pursuing their subscriber list, I suspect there
are substantial questions about whether they can or should "own" the many
articles and documents authored by Dr. L.  Lots of activity for lots of
lawyers!  The situation is disturbing from many perspectives, including
NPF's neglect to acknowledge the enormity of his contributions to them and
to the PD community.  Many of their donors have come from those who have
responded to his commitment and availability on that web-site.  The new NPF
leadership needs to consider more than their legal options. "Goliath" may
wind up losing more than they bargained for. We can only hope that this
"conflict" will be resolved appropriately, so all can resume the fight to
master and overcome Parkinson's Disease.  And, for those who are interested,
Dr. Lieberman has opened a private practice in the Miami area.
Sue and Jerry Fine

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From: "John Cottingham"
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Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 7:23 PM
Subject: Abe vs Goliath in Florida court: Goliath wins


> National Parkinson Foundation announced on their website that they have
> taken Dr. Abraham Lieberman, their former employee, to court over the
> misuse of their database to solicit subscribers to
> parkinsonaskthedoctor.com
>
> Doctor Lieberman was the person behind the tremendously popular Ask The
> Doctor pages on the NPF website.
>
> Sufficient evidence was presented by NPF to convince the judge that Dr.
> Lieberman used the tools at his disposal in connection with his employment
> with NPF to create personal websites that used the names in the NPF
> database to send solicitation letters to NPF subscribers.
>
> Dr. Lieberman, who also has Parkinson's, was one of the early researchers
> in Parkinson's research before coming with NPF.
>
> In addition to $5,000 in attorney's fees awarded to NPF, several other
> matters like turning over to NPF any NPF properties that he might possess.
> He must allow NPF to have an agent inspect all of Dr. Lieberman's
> computers
> and delete all NPF related database information. Persons unknown who
> assisted Dr. Lieberman in drafting or sending solicitation emails must
> delete all of those email solicitations.
>
> Websites are prohibited from disclosing the contents of the NPF database,
> regardless even if not disclosed by Dr. Lieberman.
>
> As of today, Tuesday, 22, March, all of the websites owned by Dr.
> Lieberman
> were not to be found on the internet. In the consent decree, their
> ownership had to be transferred to NPF and shut down by them.
>
> Dr. Lieberman, bloodied but still resolute has not been heard from.
>
> It is unusual for the National Parkinson Foundation to go to court and
> sully the name of one of Parkinson's most revered names. Perhaps the
> change
> at the top of NPF is bringing about change in the business of Parkinson's.
>
> NPF has a booth at the Parkinson's Unity Walk, April 16th in New York
> City's Central Park. Stop by at give them your opinion.
>
> John Cottingham
>
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