Re: Reverse Domain Highjacking Attempt

Subject: Re: Re: Reverse Domain Highjacking Attempt

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: : Company A registers a web site bbb.com but doesn't file for a trademark. The site is up and running since August 1998 by an individual. : : Company A uses bbbb in the video they transmit online as an identifier : : Company B files for a trademark for the name bbbb : : Company B filed for trademark bbbb in Cable and Internet broadcasting class. : : Company B also worked for the same company as Company A and is a direct competitor. : : Should i file the bbbb.com as a trademark that is in use now and wait to see if they get a number then file the petition to cancel? Or should i wait and just file the bbbb petition to cancel? : : I made a call to the registrant but he never return the call. should I call the lawyer and tell him? Also someone they know registered the bbbb.net web site and he also worked for the same company. Basically it is a good name and they all want it. I have the record of the earliest date of use. Thanks in advance : Dear JT, : You are living proof that E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive. Late legal advice costs in time, money and worry. : You had better get competant legal advice before it is too late. : We also like to start with a Reality Check™ so that clients don't get into the difficulties that you are in. : M. Arthur Auslander : Auslander & Thomas-Intellectual Property Law Since 1909 : 505 Eighth Avenue, New York, NY 10018 : 212-594-6900, fax 212-244-0028, aus@auslander.com : ELAINE's Workshop™ : E arly L egal A dvice I s N ot E xpensive™

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