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Originally Posted by sweetums
Actually, she can't legally do so considering she holds no rights to the trademark. She would need to get the express permission of the entity, company, or person that holds those rights -- that would be Steve, Steve, & Steve basically.
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I am not trying to start a controversy, but you may want to double check with your legal counsel. I think it was Playboy or Penthouse that lost a lawsuit over that issue. I think even though it is trademarked she can still talk about it because it is newsworthy. She can?t call any new site Tawanee Stone or any variation, but theoretically on a site she appeared on it could say something to the effect of Hi, I am (insert new name here) I use to be known as Twanee Stone. That?s over and I am on my own now. Come check out my goods. I think what it boils down to is you can?t keep someone from mentioning what their former employment was. For example If I had worked for Coca Cola in the past they couldn?t keep me from using their trademark in a resume, or if I built a biographical web site that included my history they couldn?t keep me from mentioning I worked at Coca Cola in the past.