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==Patent lawsuit==

The original business card-based model for Cheekd had been claimed as a patented process by Lori Cheek, as [[US Patent 8543465]]. It was described as “Online Dating in Reverse”. In September 2017, a complaint was filed, alleging that the idea was not original to Lori Cheek.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Crouch|first1=Dennis|title=Reversing the Patent on Reverse Online Dating |url=https://patentlyo.com/patent/2017/09/reversing-patent-reverse.html|website=Patently-O|accessdate=22 May 2018|date=29 September 2017}}</ref>

Cheek responded, stating that the complaint iswas baseless, and a complete fabrication.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crouch |first1=Dennis |title=Cheek Responds: The Whole Story|url=https://patentlyo.com/patent/2017/10/cheek-responds-whole.html|website=Patently-O|accessdate=22 May 2018|date=4 October 2017}}</ref> <ref>The lawsuit ''Pirri v. Cheek'' was dismissed in a pre-trial conference in New York's Federal Court on April 5th, 2018.</ref>{{cite web|last1=Conner|first1=Cheryl|title=PR Warfare: When An Enemy Targets Your Firm In The Press|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/cherylsnappconner/2018/05/15/pr-warfare-when-an-enemy-targets-your-firm-in-the-press/#55b303085fc9|website=Forbes|accessdate=23 May 2018|language=en|date=15 May 2018}}</ref>

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