Sharing links is a good thing. Us suing them for writing a methodology with
our name on it while they are suing us for using their name is a bad thing.
I know that last sentence looks bad, but in court all you have to do is
prove that they are consultants and we're a community based methodology.
That being proved (and documented), the only real lawsuits would be in
either of us 'stepping' into each others areas of work, which is where the
trademark will come in.
I actually called them to try and keep this from turning into a war .
> You know what? That sounds good. Then they can't be worried about people
> being confused between the two.
>
> And then something on the Fusebox.org site should show it as a
> "community-based programming methodology developed by the ColdFusion
> community." Have that be somewhat prominent, and only total idiots will
be
> confused .. and they would be anyway.
>
> Judith
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Josh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Fusebox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 3:17 PM
> Subject: Re: Fusebox.org BAD NEWS.... READ THIS
>
>
> > What about offering them a big link at the top of fusebox.org, saying
> something like:
> > "If you are looking for fusebox.com, the web's best graphics firm and
web
> firm, click here"
> >
> > Steve Nelson wrote:
> >
> > > Everyone, listen up... we've got an issue at hand with Fusebox.org
that
> > > I do not know how to handle, so I am asking for everyone's wisdom.
> > >
> > > I just received a rather negative call from Fusebox.COM (note the
.com)
> > > saying that we as fusebox.org are stepping on their brand name. Here
> > > are their issues:
> > >
> > > 1. They are a web development consulting company, they do everything
> > > from graphics to programming (including CF)
> > > 2. They have owned the trademark to "Fusebox" since 1995
> > > 3. They are about to go on a big marketing push and are concerned that
> > > people will confuse fusebox.com with .org
> > > 4. They claim to have a development methodology for building web
sites.
> > > http://www.fusebox.com/fb_pages1/main2.cfm?s=services&c=services
> > > (note, they have left out testing) ;)
> > >
> > > I responded with these points:
> > >
> > > 1. We are a free organization that anyone can belong to, and have been
> > > around since 1998
> > > 2. We do not directly make any money. Everything is donated. Thus we
> > > couldn't directly take money away from them
> > > 3. We did not put up fusebox.org to try and draw people away from
> > > fusebox.com, that has never
> > > been our intention and never will be
> > > 4. We have over 1800 people that are active users in our process, many
> > > of which whom have built
> > > their business plans around these ideas, changing the name would
> > > directly affect those companies.
> > >
> > > Nothing has been resolved yet, I would like to hear as many people's
> > > opinions and suggestions on this as possible. All I know is that I'm
> > > ready and willing to fight this all the way to the end.
> > >
> > > Why? Because of this quote I just got through ICQ WHILE i was writing
> > > this email (no kidding)
> > >
> > > "Just have to tell you that Fusebox is making my life so much easier.
> > > Just finished a small project in 8 hours. Something that would have
> > > taken me 20 - 30 hours 2 months ago." - Michael Slatoff
> > >
> > > Let's talk about this, and see if we can come up with something to
offer
> > > them.
> > >
> > > Steve Nelson
> > > http://www.SecretAgents.com
> > > Tools for Fusebox Developers
> >
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