On 13 July 2000 Stan [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked:
> I registered americanexpress.com and americanexpresscard.com.
> Forwarded hereto is demand by American Express counsel demanding
> these domains be transferred based on patent infringement.
> Your comments and suggestions will be highly appreciated.
In reply, Evan Klinger wrote:
> However, this is not the place to come for legal advice. I would
> highly suggest that you talk to a licensed attorney proficient in
> intellectual property in your area.
Later Chuck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> read the original post. no one ever asked for legal advice
> then someone replied "don't ask for legal advice" or something
> to that extent
It is literally true that Stan did not ask for legal advice but any lawyer
will tell you that is what he needs. So people have suggested that's the
right thing to do.
But note that Evan did not say anything like "don't ask for legal advice" so
Chuck clearly misinterpreted Evan's quite helpful comments. In fact I would
be surprised if Chuck would advise Stan NOT to seek legal advice as he'd be
a fool not to.
This makes Chuck's several rants both unfair and unnecessary.
But in answer to Chuck's question about a relevant list. The most
informative relating to the subject of domain names (including issues
involving intellectual property disputes) is Internic's Domain Policy. The
best URL is:
http://lists.internic.net/archives/domain-policy.html
Now you can suggest this thread is spent.
Regards
Patrick Corliss
