I forwarded it to My legal counsel(my wife)to see what her firm thinks... free!
I'm with Sean on the defense fund!
--- Jeremy Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't 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
> >
> > ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
> > 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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