Being threatened by a cheerleader...lol

[JuniperPark]

Ummm... Okay. I agree with someone's opinion.

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Translation:

John wants to see cheerleader porn, too. Please hurry, we're all off to Vegas for Pubcon on Monday.

[JMJ]

I had a simlar threat in a very similar situation from a someone over there in the UK. He gawked at my asking price and stated he would file a trademark there and take me to court before he paid that price. A few days later I sold it to the owner of the - version of my name. After the deal was done I replied back telling him goodluck in his reverse hijacking now. They have no chance in hell of winning on a acronym. If you were trying to sell them bcacheerleaders I can see where he could even think he had a chance in hell but you didn't.

It's funny how these people become so concerned with their trademarks in these situtations. If they were so concerned why isn't their lawyer already on it? They don't even own http://www.dnsstuff.com/tools/whois.ch?ip=bca.co.uk

BTW My vote is on the cheerleaders aswell. :-D

[Dave Zan]

To which I replied I would counter sue and still see no basis for his attitude.

If the other party is indeed going to Court over this, imagine how much you'd
possibly spend doing the same and enforcing it in another part of the globe.
Unless, of course, you see it as a challenge. :-D

Anyway, there are a few 3-letter UDRPs you could use as a sample. Same as
others: I doubt the other party has a leg to stand on, legal or otherwise save
for those they use for walking.