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This is a real case! I only changed slightly the real DN name, but it's very similar name. Please help, but only those of you who have clear ideas.
"naked-paintings.com" is my domain name, still "in construction", thus without any content or any specific metatag.
I just get a long attorney letter, written like this (resumed) :
"Our client has a worldwide reputation with the name "Paintings", linked with sale and services about paintings.
We have quite worldwide registered the trade mark "paintings", and we have too the web site "paintings.com".
Your domain name ("naked-paintings.com"), on which you do'nt seem to have legitimation, is in every aspect similar to "paintings" TM, and to "www.paintings.com". The inclusion of "naked" to our client's TM "paintings" is an offence to the reputation of our client, acquired through TM "paintings"
Your DN can only has been registered in bad faith to:
1/sell it in excess of reg.fees;
2/to distroy our client's interests;
3/to reduce our client's rights in his DN;
4/to attract our client's web visitors to your site instead of his own.
Thus, you have 2 weeks to transfer "naked-paintings.com" to our client, and put by written that :
a/you will never more use the word "paintings" in any way for trade, or register any DN including the word "paintings";
b/you will communicate names of all people interested to buy this DN from you.
If this cannot be solve in this friendly way, our client will consider proceedings."
Thanks to you, for your precious advice about a good possible answer!
Frenchie
"naked-paintings.com" is my domain name, still "in construction", thus without any content or any specific metatag.
I just get a long attorney letter, written like this (resumed) :
"Our client has a worldwide reputation with the name "Paintings", linked with sale and services about paintings.
We have quite worldwide registered the trade mark "paintings", and we have too the web site "paintings.com".
Your domain name ("naked-paintings.com"), on which you do'nt seem to have legitimation, is in every aspect similar to "paintings" TM, and to "www.paintings.com". The inclusion of "naked" to our client's TM "paintings" is an offence to the reputation of our client, acquired through TM "paintings"
Your DN can only has been registered in bad faith to:
1/sell it in excess of reg.fees;
2/to distroy our client's interests;
3/to reduce our client's rights in his DN;
4/to attract our client's web visitors to your site instead of his own.
Thus, you have 2 weeks to transfer "naked-paintings.com" to our client, and put by written that :
a/you will never more use the word "paintings" in any way for trade, or register any DN including the word "paintings";
b/you will communicate names of all people interested to buy this DN from you.
If this cannot be solve in this friendly way, our client will consider proceedings."
Thanks to you, for your precious advice about a good possible answer!
Frenchie