Steve,
I suggest talking with a lawyer just to see if they actually have any legal grounds of
taking action against Fusebox.org. To my knowledge there is no relation between a
Trademark and a domain name. Best of luck.
Shane Witbeck
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From: Steve Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 02 Nov 2000 15:13:47 -0500
>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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