From owner-freebsd-isp Fri Aug 20 16:48:33 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Received: from inet.chip-web.com (c1003518-a.plstn1.sfba.home.com [24.1.82.47]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1664514E81 for ; Fri, 20 Aug 1999 16:48:31 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ludwigp@bigfoot.com) Received: (qmail 27365 invoked from network); 20 Aug 1999 23:47:41 -0000 Received: from furball.chip-web.com (172.16.1.29) by inet.chip-web.com with SMTP; 20 Aug 1999 23:47:41 -0000 Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 16:47:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Ludwig Pummer X-Sender: ludwigp@furball.chip-web.com To: Thomas Mullaney Cc: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: OT: TRADEMARKS: WestPoint Stevens & WestPoint-Pepperell In-Reply-To: <199908200327.XAA67546@r2d2.pepperell.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Thomas Mullaney wrote: > I can't believe that a company that makes towls, blankets, and bedsheets can > trademark my town name and then get the internic to threaten to place on hold > every domain name that has the word pepperell in it, including pepperell.com > (registered about 3 years ago), pepperell.org and mine -- pepperell.net, but > the internic sent the letter and I just dont have the $1000 dollars to risk on > a boneheaded judge or a scum-sucking pig lawyer. (No offense to the laywers on > this list though, if you use FreeBSD you can be a scum-sucker, linux on the > other hand....well nevermind) > > > Email me in private unless you think it can help the other ISP's on the list. You may want to contact Benjamin Kite at ajax@pobox.com and probably also ajax@ajax.com Colgate-Palmolive tried to take his domain name away too, but he was able to fight 'em off. The whole story is available at http://www.ajax.org/ajax/colpal --Ludwig Pummer To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message