[Random-bits] Ford litigation on ford, volvo and jaguar domains

[James Love]

Ford moves against a long list of people who hold domains that involve
the words volvo, ford or jaguar. One defendant says that he offered to
give up his domain, vintage volvos, but that Ford's attorneys demanded
$3,000 is costs, for him to avoid potential $100,000 fine under US
cybersquating legislation.   Jamie

ps... some examples of domains Ford is seeking:  volvos4sale.com,
fordrepairs.com, 
win-a-mustang.com, preownedmustang.com, 4AJAGUAR.COM,
JAGUARENTHUSIASTSCLUB.COM,
FORDBODYPARTS.COM, vintagevolvos.com, and many many others.   

------------------
http://ford.launchpad.com/fordcase.html
http://ford.launchpad.com/fc/uploads/4/Complaint.htm


http://ford.launchpad.com/cgi-bin/thread.cgi?14,0

Sept 26, 2000

     Well it is finally official. Last night I received a summons from a
local constable concerning the Ford case. What is strange is that it is
dated as March 29, 2000 (date of issuance) and it says that I have 20
days to respond! Chalk another one up for "Ford quality as nob none.

     I also heard from the owner of classicvolvo.com in Sweden. He is
going to get television coverage this week. Maybe now the U.S. media
will start to cover this thing.

     Finally, EFF hired another attorney recently and she contacted me.
EFF wants to support us. More on that as it develops.

     Tom Cooper
     owner
     VintageVolvos.com 

                                              [ Reply to this thread ] [
Start a new thread ]
-- 
James Love  mailto:love@cptech.org http://www.cptech.org
Consumer Project on Technology, P.O. Box 19367, Washington, DC 20036
voice 1.202.387.8030  fax  1.202.234.5176