On Wed, 29 Aug 2001, Philippe Landau wrote:
> first, you need a lawyer, of course.
> there is no minute to loose, you need it today.
> don't do anything else before.
> i can recommend http://johnberryhill.com/ but he
> is likely overworked.
> who knows good domain lawyers ?
i know berryhill - he's good - another one i would recommend is Ari
Goldberger http://www.esqwire.com/
regards
joe
>
> kind regards philippe, http://keepyourdomains.com
>
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>
> >I realize that this is probably off topic and there is probably nothing
> >I can do at this point, but I have been impressed with the knowledge
> >base here and am curious if anyone has any advice to save me from my own
> >stupidity.
> >
> >I just got a letter today from a lawyer's office notifying me they
> >represented <the name of my company> and are changing the name server
> >next week (basically "pack up your bags and vacate the premises).
> >Although it is a small company, this is my primary domain name and I
> >have about 50 domains and websites registered under it.
> >
> >It seems I was stupid and let my business name run out with the state.
> >They signed up as exactly the same business name and got NetSol to
> >change all the contact information to them.
> >
> >The other company has been bitter ever since 1996 when I started a
> >little company to pay for the books learning about the internet. They
> >registered <the name of my company>.net and later prohosting.com and
> >accused me of stealing their idea.
> >
> >The company registered a service mark (with a retroactive date) after I
> >already had a web site up. They haven't been able to affect me until
> >now because the date the trademark was registered was after the domain
> >name was registered. But now the whois shows them as the owners with a
> >creation date of 20-Mar-1996, the date I set it up.
> >
> >Any suggestions or am I out of luck.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Keith
>
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