Marchex sued for $250 Million

**alvarodejh** · 09-20-2008, 08:19 PM

Marchex is been sued for $250 MM

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cou...case_id-61950/

For the name WineAndDine.com

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?r...entry=74449535

It looks like a WIPO...(Taken from another forum)

**Devil Dog** · 09-20-2008, 08:23 PM

I don't think the complainant stands a chance.

**Yusio** · 09-20-2008, 08:23 PM

I don't think they're going to get it... if they're trying to get the domain?

Their company name is "WINE & DINE PROPERTIES, LTD." is it not? So maybe if they had the domain, wineanddineproperties.com theyd have a case?

**alvarodejh** · 09-20-2008, 08:33 PM

Wine and Dine is pretty open, I don't see them winning that name,.

**Fatbat** · 09-20-2008, 08:42 PM

Originally Posted by Yusio

I don't think they're going to get it... if they're trying to get the domain?

Their company name is "WINE & DINE PROPERTIES, LTD." is it not? So maybe if they had the domain, wineanddineproperties.com theyd have a case?

It really doesn't matter what their company name is; a company can hold as many trademarks as it likes. The trademark is for "Wine & Dine", which they've had since 1995.

I'm not going to say that I think they will win, but you never know.

**Yusio** · 09-20-2008, 09:05 PM

Originally Posted by Fatbat

It really doesn't matter what their company name is; a company can hold as many trademarks as it likes. The trademark is for "Wine & Dine", which they've had since 1995.

I'm not going to say that I think they will win, but you never know.

Oh i didn't rly know it was their trademark... didn't think about that. My mistake.

**dnol** · 09-21-2008, 04:24 AM

will this come true ?

or there will be a domain name company gets bankcrupt,right?

**fab** · 09-21-2008, 05:47 AM

Originally Posted by alvarodejh

Marchex is been sued for $250 MM

http://dockets.justia.com/docket/cou...case_id-61950/

For the name WineAndDine.com

http://tarr.uspto.gov/servlet/tarr?r...entry=74449535

It looks like a WIPO...(Taken from another forum)

I thought there was a cap on TM infringement of like 100K.

**4u-domains** · 09-21-2008, 06:33 AM

You'd like to think that completely generic terms or common phrases would be safe territory but names like this have been given to the complainant before...

**comfyjeans** · 09-21-2008, 11:36 AM

Did Marchex have links to "food and beverage" magazines?

The term seems like a pretty weak TM.
We used the phrase as teens as a means of getting some sex.
They should have put up a site pointing to AFF.

**PRED** · 09-21-2008, 01:07 PM

lol
can a company just make up a figure in thin air for damages to try and bully the other party in the US?

i mean where did $25,000,000 come from?
anyone know how much this company makes ? wine and dine

next they'll sue the t-shirt firm that makes the 'wine me, dine me, 69 me

'
T-shirts. lol

**HuntingMoon** · 09-22-2008, 06:49 PM

seems very reverse-hijackish to me.

**Acro** · 09-22-2008, 06:56 PM

I hope John Berryhill takes no prisoners!

**cleverlyslick** · 09-22-2008, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by Yusio

I don't think they're going to get it... if they're trying to get the domain?

Their company name is "WINE & DINE PROPERTIES, LTD." is it not? So maybe if they had the domain, wineanddineproperties.com theyd have a case?

I can't understand how can the company get the domain.If it was reg'd by someone else that's there own neglect.what if the domain is intended to serve other purposes other than "wine and dine properties"?

**Focus** · 09-22-2008, 09:37 PM

I hope Marchex kicks their asses

**marcorandazza** · 09-23-2008, 12:37 PM

Yawn... nobody ever saw the complaint? Nobody knows what the claims were.

**austinandrew** · 09-23-2008, 01:01 PM

Well guys, looks like a false alarm for now. The case was dismissed within a couple days:

"Civil Case Administratively Terminated. Case opened in error by counsel. (MJZ) (Entered: 09/22/2008)"