John and all,
Areidiots.com and Areidiots.org are available. >;)
Yes you would THINK that Bell Atlantic and GTE would be
in position to know. But I have found over the past 10 years of so
that this is as likely not the case as it is... >;)
John Berryhill Ph.D. J.D. wrote:
> > Verizon is the new name of the Bell Atlantic-GTE merger.
> > BA pre-emptively registered "verizonsucks.com"
>
> Yes, well... One supposes that they'd be in a position to know.
>
> > 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 they get a nice frame to hang that one on the wall.
>
> "How to boost a web site's hit rate in one easy step"...
>
> It almost makes you sad that IsAnIdiot.com is already taken.
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