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Subject: Re: [OM] New web site
From: Kennedy <rkm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 09:59:16 +0100
In article , R. Lee Hawkins <lhawkins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
>In your message dated: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 19:45:57 EDT you write:
>>>http://www.zuiko.com
>>
>>That was slick to grab zuiko.com. But do you think Olympus will let you
>>keep it? Of course if they do it shows exactly how little they care about
>>things these days... Still, it couldn't have been taken by a better guy <g>
>
>They don't have much choice unless John willingly gives it back to them
>or they pay him for it (I suppose they could "blackmail" him into giving
>it back, but then I'm sure he'd have the basis for a criminal case
>charging blackmail).  There exist persons who grabbed dozens of
>www.famoustrademarkname.com sites, and then proceeded to sell the owners
>of the trademark the address for several tens of thousands of dollars,
>and in at least one case, I think, several hundred thousand dollars.  At
>first this practice seemed kinda scummy to me, but after that feeling
>wore off, I was just mad I hadn't thought of it first.  Oh yeah, the
>right to do this has been held up in court, too.

No it hasn't Lee.  It did go to court, but they lost!
-- 
Kennedy
Yes, Socrates himself is particularly missed;
A lovely little thinker, but a bugger when he's pissed.
Python Philosophers         (replace 'nospam' with 'kennedym' when replying)

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