From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 14 2:25:32 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net (falcon.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.74]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 36D8F37B405 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:25:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from pool0023.cvx22-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net ([209.179.198.23] helo=mindspring.com) by falcon.prod.itd.earthlink.net with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1) id 16Q4In-0000ku-00; Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:25:17 -0800 Message-ID: <3C42B20B.7FECBF6B@mindspring.com> Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 02:25:15 -0800 From: Terry Lambert X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en]C-CCK-MCD {Sony} (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: ulf@Alameda.net Cc: chat@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Can anyone recommend a copyright/trademark lawyer ? References: <20020113201952.R98001@seven.alameda.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > I am owner of Alameda Networks, Inc., which owns the domain > Alameda.net, Alamedanet.com and Alamedanet.org. We have been > using the name "Alameda Net" and "ANI" over the years, even > lately we haven't done much at all. The local power and > telecom company now went and registered Alamedanet.net > and is using "Alameda Net" for their cable modem offering. > This is a trademark or copyright problem for me and so I need > a lawyer for this. > > Looking for a local laywer in the SF Bay Area. I recommend you hurry. I would recommend Venture Law Group; I generally trust their people. The reason for the rush is because most lawyers recuse themselves on the basis of conflist of interest. Thus a common litigation tactic is to get all the talent in a given region for a given type of case on retainer early, as soon as you hear about the case, so that the opponent has to go with third or forth string talent, or out of area talent that doesn't know the local judges, etc.. -- Terry To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message