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Trademark Infringement…
Oh no. I’ve been spotted! Today, I received an email from Weil, Gotshal & Manges, whom represents Airborne, Inc. informing me that my site airborne cold medicine site is a trademark infringement. They demanded that I immediately disable the site and transfer the domain to them… I don’t think so! I agreed to disable the site but not transfer the domain to them. I paid for the content and domain and giving it to them just doesn’t feel right so I have a few tricks up my sleeve before that ever happens.
How I responded.
Me: After reading the letter about my wrong doings, I responded by saying, “Would we be able to discuss further on fixing the problems and still allowing me to provide information on the airborne product to my visitors?”
Them: They said, “please disable the website and we will contact you shortly to discuss the possibility of operating the site in the future”.
What needs to be done
I’ll be researching trademark infringement online to find a solution to this without losing my site. I’m going to see if there are changes that can be done to remove the infringement. I need to see if changing the content or color scheme could allow me to keep the site.
As an Internet Publishers, you need to research and learn about trademark infringement to prevent others to push you around. I’m not saying that Airborne, Inc. but they might not be telling me the complete truth about this situation. They are making it seem like I only have one option, which is to give the site to them.
When buying a domain with the product name in it, I took the chance of this happening. That is why I’m not really upset. I know this was a mistake on my part and need to learn this lesson and maybe even turn it in to a accomplishment.
April 27th, 2007 at 9:35 am
While doing research check into posting a disclaimer on a domain name that doesn’t include their name as a way to keep the content up.
Maybe also you could make it part of a site about colds and flu and add a few more products so it is more like a review with general cold information.
Glad to know you are checking into things instead just giving in and giving up your content.
Look forward to updates on this matter.
April 30th, 2007 at 5:09 pm
Yea, add other stuff about different types of medicine.