Hello my name is Steven Burton I teach an art called Five Thunder Lau Kuen and within the style we teach Hung Gar forms such as Hung Gar Lau Kuen, etc. I am also a student of Lau Gar Hung Kuen under Master Mark Houghton. This style is the lineage of the late Grandmaster Lau Kar Leung. I received a High Court claim that has been submitted by Jeremy Yau of Lau Gar in the UK.  Yau holds a trade mark for Lau Gar, Lau and Lau Gar Kuen here in the UK and Europe.  He claims that nobody in the UK is authorised to use the name without his permission as per his trademarks and is currently taking High Court action against myself and my company stating that I am "passing off" as I use the term Lau Kuen within the name of my style dispite the fact that Five Thunder Lau Kuen is completely different from his art.. He also states that we cannot promote Lau Gar Hung Kuen in the UK as this would infringe on his trademark. This is deeply wounding as Lau Gar Hung Kuen is my Sigung's family lineage and to be told we cannot show respect to the Lau Kar Leung and his Family lineage is unacceptable, and all because of a nasty individual who claims he is the only person in the UK who is entitled to use the terms LAU, LAU GAR and LAU GAR KUEN. How does this affect you I here you asking?! Well as you know within some styles of Hung Gar style you have forms such as Hung Gar Lau (Gar) Kuen and Hung Gar Lau Pole. There is also the world famous Lau Family Hung Kuen. If J. Yau wins this case it will set a High Court precedence and everyone using the Lau Kuen or Lau, or infact Hung Gar Lau Kuen or Lau Family Hung Kuen will be acting so unlawfully and could be prosecuted. I am sure you all agree that his claims are nonsense, however I need to prove to the court that he has no claim to state that he or persons authorised by him are the only people allowed to use the Lau Kuen or Lau Gar names.  Not just for my benefit but to protect the arts that you cherish and to protect your rights to continue the name within Hung Gar. You may think that he can't do that but remember High Court Judges are not martial artists and therefore they need evidence to support the defence that will allow us all to use the name without prosecution. Please help me defend OUR COLLECTIVE RIGHTS  and sign this e petition to state that you practice or teach Hung Gar and that within the Hung Gar style there are forms which use the terms Lau Gar or Lau Kuen within it and that the style and those forms have no connection to Jeremy Yau or his Lau Gar style and that he has no claim over the name as Lau Gar Kuen is generic and taught within other styles worldwide and forms such as Hung Gar Lau Kuen, Lau Family Hung Kuen and Five Thunder Lau Kuen so that I can present this at High Court and protect everybodys rights against this oppressive man.  We know this is a statement of FACT but I need to make the judge know that.  Thank You.