Isabelle LEROUX a �crit:
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> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Einar Stefferud writes:
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> > Shall we suggest that the community do some research on all this
> > "instances" of possible infringement and dilution.
>
> It will be very helpful, unfortunately, for France it is impossible to have
> such information if the instance is pending.
> The only information I have is unofficial: there is more than 200 Judicial
> instances introduced on the ground of trademark infringement for the last 6
> months ( preliminary injunction or/and on the merit).
> We cannot know, of course, how many amicable settlement obtained ( after
> sending desist letter without any action of NSI )
Amicable settlement? Why that's just blackmail, sending letters to small
businesses threatening to take them to court. Is there a law in France that
no one can sell or service Porsche cars without a franchise from the
manufacturer? If not, what you're doing is illegal. The best thing all those
small domain holders can do is get together and file a class-action suit
against Porsche with the court of the E.U.
> , but in the group
> nominated by the French government (of wich I am a member ) in order to
> send our feeling and advice on this specific problem of trademark ( TM) Vs /
> Domain name (DN), we have estimated the number of french TM concerned by
> this kind of dispute at more than 1000, only for 1998 and only in France !!
Once again, how many of those are squatters and how many are legitimate
persons or businesses just trying to use the Internet for a legitimate
enterprise, and the only thing Porsche doesn't like is that they're cutting
into Porsche's monopoly control of selling/servicing the cars they make?
