Re: UKNM: Help with domain dispute?

[Felix Velarde]

hi John


can I recommend Marcus Anselm at Olswang solicitors as a first port 

of call - he's one of the [very few] experts in this field and does 

all our online legal stuff, including copyright infringements and 

intellectual property rights; 0171 208 8961


best wishes, and best of luck


felix


On 29/6/99 I read:


>Hi,

>

>I run http//www.circlemakers.org the home of England's crop circle makers

>which has been online since 1995. I need some advice about my legal

>position re the domain name http://www.circlemakers.com which has recently

>been registered to promote a book about crop circle makers [that's us!].

>It's just a holding page at the moment but I was gutted when I found out as

>I was planning to buy the domain, but this guy got there before me. I've

>offered to buy the domain back off of him but he doesn't want to sell.

>

>The point is, I've spent five years building the circlemakers 'brand' both

>online and offline, in traditional media such as the NBC-TV and BBC Country

>File documentaries that were recently made about us.

>

>Annoyingly, the media often give out the wrong URL for our site [ .com

>instead of .org - see the current issue of Internet Magazine for the most

>recent example :/ ]. The owner of circlemakers.com has now put up a note

>about our site and a link, but it's a small consolation.

>

>Do I have any legal recourse to reclaim the domain? Obviously I don't own a

>trademark for the word but I think I could put up a very strong claim for

>the domain.

>

>Can anybody help?

>

>Or have I just been shafted!?! If large corporations can claim back their

>domains, isn't it time that individuals are given the same rights???

>

>Later,

>John

>

> john lundberg:                   developmental:

>

johndevelopmental [dot] co [dot] uk (mailto:johndevelopmental [dot] co [dot] uk) http://www.developmental.co.uk

> tel:       +44 (0) 171 249 3172  fax:      +44 (0) 870 054 8748

>

> [   for too long creation has been a slave to rational time   ]



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