FYI,
Has anybody read the lawsuit filed by Madonna recently?
Her lawyers file a case against an existing website
(www.madonna.com) just because they wanted the website
name..guess what? they won!
Right now the site doesn't display, but Madonna and company owns
it. Now, to me, this is a very serious situation.
People do file cases like this and win!
Later--Jerry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Allen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 3:39 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: Fusebox.org BAD NEWS.... READ THIS
>
>
> This is so spooky..
>
>
> Remember when we were joking about patents... well I posted
> something.
>
> This is DEFINATLEY not legal advice but here goes.
>
> I have read a WHOLE lot about domain squatting and all of this.
>
> Unfortuantely, all I can say is this is *bad* because the two
> organizations are similar enough that some clueless judge
> could see it that way.
>
> This comes down to a matter of how serious these guys
> are, if it
> goes to court, everyone loses, you guys are not for profit.
>
> If you want to see how other cases have been handled as far
> as domain name disputes go here immediately.
>
>
> http://wipo2.wipo.int/process1/index.html
>
> Start here and read as much as you can about
> previous cases with domain names and determine if
> you guys think it is worth it or if you have any other
> routes avaialble to you to prevent this from
> turning ugly.
>
> These are the people who handle domain name disputes, and you
> can see how other cases have gone and determine if this is
> worth it to you guys. All they do have on you is the domain
> name at this point. Is fusebox even classifiable as a legal
> entity is it got a not for profit status??
>
> If all else fails I have my right to free speech and
> I have a wbepage where I can discuss my feelings for
> Fusebox.com :)
>
> I really really hope this thing goes well for you guys..
> If you can provide any more information to us I would gladly
> help you guys do research.
>
> Jeremy
>
>
>
>
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> +------------------------------
>
> Hal, you are infringing on my patents.. Im sorry to say that I
> have the prior art here.
>
> My first patent is the generation of slight electrical impulses
> along neural pathways inside grey matter(we will call
> these brains)
> to induce thought.
>
> Next I have patented the letters F and I.
>
> On a more serious note, is Fusebox
> Copyrighted/Trademarked? It would
> be a shame for someone to try and pull a fast one on you guys.
> Ive seen it happen before too. Altho Fusebox has a lot
> of established
> prior art it hardly matters if someone beats you to
> copyrighting
> something or making something their trademark.
>
> As an example I make fusebox a trademark for a product
> I am using.
> The product is a ColdFusion product which makes the
> two possibly
> similar enough to the point where I would have to
> defend my trademark.
>
>
> Just a thought... :)
>
> Jeremy
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hal Helms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2000 1:52 PM
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: RE: Stomp Slowly
>
>
> It's actually the Stomp guyS. Even though Steve did
> all the work and has to
> do all the updates and maintenance, I get a 60% cut
> because I have a patent
> pending on the word "stomp". I've also got patents
> pending on these words:
> "stock, the, I, program, ColdFusion, a/an" and I'm
> working on personal
> pronouns next. If you've ever/are planning to use any
> of these words for any
> reason, it's probably safest if you just send me 60%
> of all the money you
> make in order to avoid messy legal tangles.
>
> ;-)
>
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