Examples of Our Website Being Copied:

1. October 5, 2019 

Our server was attacked tonight in an unrelenting series of failed log-ins, xmlprc attacks and other hacking attempts.  At the same time, specific information from this page was lifted and copied, and even done so in the same order! Let’s compare:

Ours:   “…Gravitt et al v. Mentor, passed preemption twice, first in January and then in June 2018.”
Theirs: “…Gravitt versus Mentor Case Number #1:2017cv05428 passed preemption twice in January 2018 and then again in June 2018.”

 

Ours:   “…BIA-ALCL commenced in 2018 and are continuing to be filed.”
Theirs: “…BIA-ALCL cases commenced and they are being filed on an ongoing basis.”

 

Ours:   “In January 2019, two Canadian law firms requested to file a potential class action lawsuit against three breast manufactures (Allergan, Mentor, and Ideal)…”
Theirs: “…in early 2019 two Canadian lawfirms requested to file class action lawsuits against three textured implant manufacturers selling implant in Canada Mentor, Allergan and Ideal…”

 

Ours:   “…another Canadian law firm has commenced a potential class action against Mentor MemoryGel Silicone Breast Implants.”
Theirs: “…another Canadian lawfirm filed a request for a potential class action against Mentor silicone for systemic symptoms caused by silicone breast implants.”

 

Ours:   “Allergan responded with a global recall of silicone and saline textured breast implants and tissue expanders. This comes after more cases of BIA-ALCL have been reported. Class actions are being filed worldwide against Allergan textured breast implants including in the US, Canada, and Korea.”
Theirs: “Lately since Allergan has pulled their textured implants from the U.S. market, ther [sic] class actions against Allergan textured implants are underway in U.S. and even Korea.”

 

Interestingly, the other website’s Lawsuit page had not even been updated once since February 3, 2019 until October 5, 2019. Additionally, the copycat page fails to include supporting research substantiating the information set forth.

Ours:

Theirs – this is a screenshot of what the copycat posted on October 5, 2019, just in case she changes it later after seeing this.

Theirs – before October 5, 2019 (uploaded on February 3, 2019, eight months prior).

Their Sitemap, documented on September 27, 2019 shows their Lawsuits page had not been updated since February 3, 2019 (eight months prior):

Below are two examples of the 50+ attacks received today, October 5, 2019 (same day our Lawsuits introductory paragraph was similarly worded on their website):

 

2. Tests: April 2017, after discovering our website, competitor began copying our Tests page

Upon discovering our website in spring 2017, competitor began quietly copying it and then shortly later began public attacks. Two months later, on the competitor’s birthday, our website was under a DDOS attack (cyberattacks generally done by competitors). In 2019 when they upgraded their website, competitor made a separate page for tests, similar to our site.

Some of our tests and wording were copied, they later made entirely separate page for Tests like ours (their tests used to be on their Symptoms page), copied our layout (using bullet points and adding a section underneath the main tests with more tests).

 

Examples:

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “APA Assay (abnormal immune system response with fibromyalgia)”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): None

Theirs: (April 29, 2017): “APA ASSAY (Checks for abnormal immune system response with Fibromyalgia)”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “NK Cells (immunodeficiency)”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): None

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “NK CELLS  (Checks Immunodeficiency)”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “Candida, IgM and IgG (fungus)”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): None

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “CANDIDA, IgM and IgG

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “DHEA-S, Estradiol, Estrogen, Progesterone, Pregnenolone, Testosterone Free and Total, Sex Hormone Binding Globulin (SHBG) – (Hormones)”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): None

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “ADRENAL HORMONES (Cortisol, DHEA-S, Estradiol, Estrogen, Progesterone, Pregnenlone, Testosterone Free and Total, Sex Hormone Binding Globuline)”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “Temperature for thyroid/adrenals: check your body temperature 3 hours, 6 hours and 9 hours under the tongue after waking and get the average of the three temperatures. A healthy body has an average daily temperature of 37° C (98.6° F). Low and fluctuating levels may indicate thyroid/adrenal problems. See here for more info.”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): None

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “TEMPERATURE TEST FOR THYROID”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “Silicone Hypersensitivity Panel (betterlabtestsnow.com, done through elisaact.com see catalog).

Theirs (March 24, 2017): None

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “…Silicone Hypersensitivity Panel (betterlabtestsnow.com, done through elisaact.com see catalog) ”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “CRP, ESR (inflammation)”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): “CRP-C – TO DETECT INFLAMMATION”

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “CRP-C AND ESR – (Checks for inflammation)”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “CBC + Lipids (Checks red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets for anemia, infection, bruising, and weakness)”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): “CBC – COMPLETE BLOOD COUNT”

Theirs (April 29, 2017): ” CBC + LIPIDS (Checks red, white blood cells, platelets, anemia, infection)

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “CMP (Checks glucose, electrolytes, kidney and liver function)”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): “CMP – COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL”

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “CMP COMPREHENSIVE METABOLIC PANEL (Checks glucose, electrolytes, kidney and liver)”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, TPO Ab and TG Ab (Thyroid)”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): “FREE T3/T4 – TO CHECK THYROID PROBLEMS”

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “THYROID – TSH, Free T3, Free T4, Reverse T3, TPO Ab and TG Ab”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “Ultrasound or MRI (recommended to do without contrast to avoid gadolinium toxicity) – beware of false reads, many times they don’t show gel bleed nor rupture when there actually is.

Please note, mammography can contribute to ruptures and is no longer advised for usage with breast implants in the breast implant awareness groups. Click here for a study by FDA scientists indicating that silicone or saline implants sometimes rupture when women undergo mammograms.”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): “MRI OR ULTRASOUND TO DETECT IMPLANT LEAKS/RUPTURES”

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “MRI WITHOUT GANDOLINIUM CONTRAST WHICH CAUSES TOXICITY IN US OR ULTRASOUND TO DETECT LEAKS/RUPTURES (We advise against Mammograms due to their ability to rupture breast implants)”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “Parasites, leaky gut, and dysbiosis”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): “DUE TO IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION POSSIBLE INFECTIONS OF FUNGUS, BACTERIA, MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS, INTRACELLULAR INFECTIONS, EBV, LYME, GUT PARASITES ETC.”

Theirs (April 29, 2017): ” 16.  LEAKY GUT, SIBO AND IBS TESTS … 19.  PARASITES OF THE GUT”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017): “Check for viruses and co-infections: Epstein Bar Virus (EBV), Mycoplasma, Coxsackie A, Coxsackie B, HSV-I, HSV-II, HHV 6, Cytomegalovirus (CMV), Varicella Zoster, and lyme.”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): “DUE TO IMMUNE DYSFUNCTION POSSIBLE INFECTIONS OF FUNGUS, BACTERIA, MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS, INTRACELLULAR INFECTIONS, EBV, LYME, GUT PARASITES ETC.”

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “INFECTIONS SUCH AS EBV, LYME, H-PYLORI, MYCOPLASMA, INTRACELLULAR, COCKSACKIE, CYTOMEGALOVIRUS, HERPES ETC”

 

Ours (March 21, 2017):

“Silicone Toxicity Tests

Notes:

The Elisa/ACT lab only tests for sensitivity, not for quantity (how much of a substance is present) or antibodies. They take the white blood cells from your blood, place them in lab plate, and add the material being tested to measure lymphocyte reaction. They are not a direct access lab, you either need to go through betterlabtestsnow.com, call Elisa/ACT to find a lab nearby, or order the test through your practitioner. They can test for sensitivity to silicone, various foods, fungi/molds, chemicals, and more.”

Theirs (March 24, 2017): None

Theirs (April 29, 2017): “Other Tests

1.  The Silicone Hypersensitivity Panel (betterlabtestsnow.com, done through elisaact.com see catalog) has existed for years and is once again gaining popularity but it should not be used to rule out breast implant illness as results vary from woman to woman and ingredients vary from implant to implant.  It is a panel of 19 items, including materials commonly used in breast implants, and related possible irritants.  Please note this test does NOT test for silicone levels within your body, only sensitivity to it.  Testing for sensitivity to: Silicone, Silicates (silicon dioxide), Polyvinylpyrrolidone, Tin/stannous chloride, Titanium dioxide, Petroleum byproducts of Xylene, Toluene, Benzene, Latex, Phenol, Formaldehyde, Vinyl chloride, Green #5, Blue #2, Violet #2, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Aluminum.”

(Competitor did not list a section called “Other Tests” until she discovered ours and began a similar section.)

 

Ours (March 21, 2017):

Further down:

 

Theirs (March 24, 2017) – On their symptoms page:

Theirs (April 29, 2017) – On their symptoms page:

Theirs (September 20, 2020) – On their new Tests page:

 

3. November 15, 2018 

On our Lawsuit page, a section on Medical Device Safety Act H.R. 2164 was published on December 15, 2017.
Almost a year later, on November 15, 2018, the copycat made a similar section on her Lawsuit page.  They reversed the order of the two paragraphs, but essentially put the same content (sentences/concepts following the same order and the same words incorporated).

 

Examples:

 

Ours (December 15, 2017):   “Breast implants are categorized as Class III medical devices … and are very difficult to sue due to the 2008 Supreme Court case, Riegel v Medtronic which gave broad federal protection to manufacturers.”

Theirs (November 15, 2018): “…breast implants are Class III medical devices and are protected by preemption laws due to the 2008 Supreme Court case Riegel v Medtronic which gave broad federal protection to manufacturers”

 

Ours (December 15, 2017):   “citing that Class III medical devices are solely accountable to the regulations and surveillance of the FDA”

Theirs (November 15, 2018): “citing that Class III medical devices are only accountable to the regulations and surveillance of the FDA”

 

Ours (December 15, 2017):   “After Riegel, the only way to sue is to assert parallel state law claims where one must prove the manufacturer deviated from a guideline they were approved by (a violation of a federal requirement, such as a FDA guideline), the violation of an identical state law, and how that violation of that federal requirement caused injury.”

Theirs (November 15, 2018): “After Riegel, the only way to sue for a Class III medical device is to assert a parallel state law claim where one must prove the manufacturer deviated from a federal guideline or requirement the device was approved by, the violation of some same state law, and how that violation caused injury.”

 

Ours (December 15, 2017):   “Please take a short moment to sign and support the Medical Device Safety Act H.R. 2164, a bill introduced to restore an injured consumer’s rights to sue Class III medical devices that are currently being preempted by federal protection.”

Theirs (November 15, 2018): “Please sign and support the Medical Device Safety Act H.R. 2164, which restores an injured consumer’s rights to sue Class III medical devices such as breast implants and others that are currently being preempted by US federal protection.”

 

Note how they directly cut and pasted “Please sign and support the Medical Device Safety Act H.R. 2164“, shown by how it is bolded like ours, when nothing else on their page was bolded. They similarly reworded the second part of that sentence.

 

Our section on MDSA 2164, December 15, 2017 (parts underlined in red are what the copycat copied):

 

Their section on MDSA 2164, November 15, 2018 (almost a year after ours):

 

 

 

Their section on MDSA 2164, published on November 17, 2018 (two days after their initial copying; perhaps in attempt to make it look “different”).

Note how they took out one of the lines they copied of “is to assert a parallel state law claim where one must prove the manufacturer deviated from a…guideline” and in its place put a quote from an official source as to make it appear as if the information they are providing is their original research:

 

4. January 2018 

On 1/19/18 at 01:46 +00:00 their website published an updated Florida Explant Surgeons list: copying 5/6 of our first six surgeons (Barnett, Rankin, Vibhakar, Van Vliet, Rosenstein) and copying the order of our the second and third surgeons (Rankin, Dev), making our first three surgeons listed appear the same.

1/19/18 Chinese attack on our website and attempts at malicious malware uploads

1/22/18 malicious upload attacks 2:32am-2:54am 61x to our website.

Our Florida Explant Surgeon list on 1/17/18 (left), theirs on 1/17/18 (middle), and theirs on 1/19/18 (right) are documented to show how theirs appeared before and after their changes:

 

     
       

First six Florida explant surgeons order:

Ours 1/17/18:    Barnett, Rankin, Vibhakar, Van Vliet, Fakhre, Burden

Theirs 1/17/18:  Barnett, Fee, Wallace, Butler, Moffitt, Gerzenshtein

 

Ours 1/18/18:   Barnett, Rankin, Vibhakar, Van Vliet, Pinsky, Rosenstein

Theirs 1/18/18: Barnett, Rankin, Vibhakar, Rosenstein, Van Vliet, Butler

Note how the second and third surgeons were placed in the same order as ours, making both lists have the same first three surgeons (Barnett, Rankin, Vibhakar) and therefore appear the “same.” Note how five out of the six are the same surgeons (Barnett, Rankin, Vibhakar, Van Vliet, Rosenstein).

A website’s Sitemap documents the date/time a website’s page was updated.

The Sitemap of our date/time and our website’s internal revision history/record both align, showing our changes were done at 2018-01-18 13:30 +00:00, meaning they were done before theirs on 1/18 (formally their Sitemap shows 2018-01-19 01:46 +00:00).

Their Sitemap confirms the date/time of their changes being on 2018-01-19 01:46 +00:00, which would mean they were done in the evening of the 1/18 in their PST time zone and after our changes.

By matching their changes to ours, doing so even in the same day as our changes, they then can say they were copied, when instead we were the original being falsely accused of copying.

 

5. Cloudfare

The competitor has attacked our website for using Cloudflare stating we “put it behind cloudflare who repeats illegal sites.” She has stated this more than once as part of a social media smear campaign to undermine and discredit us.

 

Ironically, despite creating a public negative connotation around Cloudflare with their social media attacks on us, they themselves have later quietly copied and put their website behind Cloudflare as well. It is viewable under ICANN, a website registration database: