Milton and all, Thank you Milton for bringing this to our attention. I find it that Bell Atlantic's action both tasteless and baseless from a legal standpoint, not to mention disgusting to boot. But of course we have been here before, haven't we? :( I hope that Mr. Emmanuel Goldstein can share with us Ms. Sarah Deutsch E-Mail address so others can directly express their view in an E-Mail. Milton Mueller wrote: > Bell Atlantic is attempting to use reverse domain name hijacking > to prevent the use of critical domain names. > > Verizon is the new name of the Bell Atlantic-GTE merger. > BA pre-emptively registered "verizonsucks.com" > So an organization registered "verizonreallysucks.com" > > Showing a rather pathetic lack of a sense of humor, not to > mention a lack of better things to do with her time, Bell > Atlantic's lawyer Sarah Deutsch sent a letter that asserted, > among other things: > > "your registration and/or use of these domain names infringes > Bell Atlantic�s valuable trademark rights in the �Verizon� mark > and violates the new Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection > Act (the �Anticybersquatting Act�)Accordingly, unless you > immediately agree to take the steps set forth below, including > ceasing any use of the �Verizon� and �Bell > Atlantic� marks and transferring the domain name > VERIZONREALLYSUCKS.COM to Bell Atlantic, Bell > Atlantic intends to proceed under the federal Trademark Act, > including the Anticybersquatting Act, by filing suit to protect > its > rights in federal court." > > I hope I, too, will be privileged to get such a letter, since the > label of this message also uses a trademarked term. > > See the article here > http://www.2600.com/news/2000/0508.html > > --MM Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 95k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1894 Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
