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To: JAWs
That's right. I'm not an IP lawyer, but my understanding is that if you can show you were using the domain prior to the institution of the TM, you're free to continue using it. It's not that difficult to check out TM No. 29748 to determine when it was filed. These things might be a bit costly so if you have any trouble, please let me know via FReepmail. Lexis-Nexis is a handy source for such information.

Good luck.

10 posted on 04/15/2002 4:52:49 PM PDT by fire and forget
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To: fire and forget
It's not a domain name dispute...obviously my domain name is different. It's the TITLE of my website he is claiming to be in violation.
11 posted on 04/15/2002 4:54:18 PM PDT by invoman
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To: fire and forget
I knew of a burger place that was called Whopper Burger for 50 years before Booger King noticed them.

They could not afford to fight and changed the name.

13 posted on 04/15/2002 4:57:10 PM PDT by Dinsdale
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