I dont think the name changei s recent they have had it at least
three years, as this is how long ago they were filing for trademarks.
I think the impotant thing is that they have spoken with a
lawyer and he said they dont have a chance.
Jeremy
-----Original Message-----
From: Sean Blenkhorn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 8:47 AM
To: Fusebox
Subject: RE: Fusebox.org BAD NEWS.... READ THIS
This company is simply tyring to get this domain to drive up traffic to
their site and use what Fusebox.org has built in the last few years. I
think this is very evident from what they have done (their recent name
change, and this bogus fight for our domain name).
What we should do is sit back and wait for a letter from their lawyers. If
we want to start anything, one thing we could do, as mentioned before is
throw up a list on Fusebox.org to ask every member to add their names to the
petition and whether their company (the one which they represent) is willing
to put their names on the list as well... my guess is that we would have a
very daunting list that no New York company would want to fight. And we
definitely could get Allaire's support on this.
But like I said... you will probably never hear from their "lawyers". If
you do... tell me where to mail my cheque for the defense fund.
Sean
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Nelson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 5:44 PM
To: Fusebox
Subject: Re: Fusebox.org BAD NEWS.... READ THIS
Hal spoke with a lawyer and they said Fusebox.com doesn't have any
grounds to stand on because we were not stealing business from them nor
did we put the site up in bad faith.
It's going to take a lot of research, and maybe even a legal fund to
fight this. I'm ready to put my own personal money into it, I just hope
it doesn't come to that.
Steve
Shane Witbeck wrote:
>
> 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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