[simpits-tech] Web site registeration issue using F16 plane name

[Roy Coates]

On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 kevin at simdeck.com wrote:



Given that the F16 is hardly new kit, it sounds a little fishy to me.
Especially since the domain isn't in use as a website offering things they
may have found competitive.

Something doesn't ring true.

Incidentally, a similat thing happened to me a few years back wrt a web
page I had for a freeware program I'd written called "IChat". A company
threatened me with all manner of nasty legal things if I didn't change the
name because they too had a product with that name.

When I checked the (c) dates, mine was older - so I told em to go screw
themselves. They did.

If nothing else, I'd check the credentials of the people threatening you
before doing anything else.



> Hi Folks
> I posted this entry earlier but not sure if it went thru as I received an error message...
>
> A number of you own web site domains that contain names relating to craft owned (trademark) by the major aviation
> companies.
>
> I am the owner of www.f16simulators.com This past week I was contacted by lawyers in Newark for Lockheed Martin
> asking me to relinquish the domain to them or let it expire in a few years without making use of it. They sent me
> 5mb of trade mark registration documents where F16 has been registered in many jurisdictions around the world
> proving ownership in the F16 trademark.
>
> Stating that my ownership of a web site that includes F16 in relation to a product registered in law is a use of
> their trademark without their permission.
>
> Has anyone ever had a similar approach. I must admit I am puzzled why I have been targeted when I see so many
> others out there containing F16, F15, 737 etc in all types of iterations.
>
> I have been asked for a reply and action within 30 days.
>
> Has anyone else had a similar issue to deal with?
>
> If you do a whois search you’ll see I am based in Auckland, New Zealand
>
> Anyone wishing to talk off offline feel free to contact me.
>
> Regards
>
> Kevin Andreassend
>
> kevin at iceav.co.nz
>
> www.iceav.co.nz
>
>



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Roy Coates.
Dept of Engineering.
Liverpool University.
E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 794 4862
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