Keith,
( IANAL )
This situation is not so cut and dry. GoDaddy does not have the clear
right of way here. Probably of interest to you is the Etoy debacle. Etoy
are a avant garde art group from Europe who were taken to court by a toy
retailer Etoys. You can learn more here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etoy
-jmz
On 8/16/07, keith smith <
klsmith2020@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> I have to share this story with my fellow open source / free software
> folks.
>
> About 3 years ago I resisted a domain GoDaddyGrill.com. I registered it
> under my Wild West Domains Affiliate account.
>
> It sat un-hosted until about 2 months ago when I hosted it to test
> codeigniter. See for yourself: http://www.godaddygrill.com/
>
> Yesterday I get an email from GoDaddy as follows:
>
> - - - - - - - -
> It has come to our attention that a domain name you have registered is
> infringing upon one or more of GoDaddy.com trademarks.
>
> As you may be aware, GoDaddy.com is a registered trademark of GoDaddy.com.
> We are writing as a courtesy to inform you that your use of the term "Go
> Daddy" in your domain name or a domain name that is substantially the same
> or confusingly similar to the "Go Daddy" mark is likely to cause confusion
> in the marketplace and would therefore likely be construed as a violation of
> the GoDaddy.com trademark.
>
> As a result, we would like to reimburse you for your purchase of this
> domain and transfer the domain into our control.
>
> Please transfer the domain name to GoDaddy within 10 calendar days.
>
> - - - - - - - -
>
> Now I'm no lawyer... However I was thinking of putting up a BBQ site not
> a site to compete with GoDaddy.....
>
> They have offered to extend the registration of one of my other domains
> for 2 years for releasing it and will want me to sign an agreement.
>
> Of course I do not want to fight with GoDaddy, however I do not want to
> sign anything either. I am going to release the domain however I am doing
> so under duress.
>
> It is not my desire to cause a flame war on this list over big brother and
> little me. If we have a philosophical discussion that would be nice though.
>
>
> There used to be a lawyer on the list... wonder if he is still around.
>
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>
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> Keith Smith
> (480) 584-4772
> PHP Programming <http://www.netcodeman.com/>
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