Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2005 17:30:45 -0700
Reply-To: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
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From: Jeffrey Schwaia <jeff@VANAGONPARTS.COM>
Subject: RE: Volkscafe.com is now Van-Café.com
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I can understand Volkswagen wanting to protect volkswagen.***, it is their
company name after all. But trying to grab everything with "volks" in it is
just plain anal.
Cheers,
Jeff
-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of David Marshall
Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 4:41 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: RE: Volkscafe.com is now Van-Café.com
Well volks... that's f__ing crazy! They (Volkswagen AG) took the
VOLKSWAGEN.ORG issue all the way to the WIPO and then basically lied the
whole time to them as I was not aware anything was happening until after the
ruling and thus loosing my domain name. They said documentation was sent to
me, I never received a thing. Probably why there was this lie is that I
have a letter from VWoA stating I could use that domain name. Oh the filth
in the world. If they actually would have contacted me I would have GIVEN
them the domain name for crying out loud. Good thing they spent tens of
thousands on this case...
http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2004/d2004-0498.html contains
the results of the farce... bastards!
Personally I think volkscafe should fight this tooth and nail.
Now... what is going to happen to other more famous VW names like
VANAGON.com, SYNCRO.org, SYNCRO.ca - it's just a matter of time before the
lawyers get greedy again and want to make more money fighting people who are
promoting their products, for FREE, like there is no tomorrow.
Some "thanks" if you ask me!
David Marshall
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-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]On Behalf
Of Larry Chase
Sent: October 15, 2005 2:59 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Volkscafe.com is now Van-Café.com
Volks,
Volkswagen of America strikes again.
Please be aware that Volkscafe.com is now Van-Café.com
Apparently VW had a problem with the use of "Volks".
When will the VW suits get it!
good road,
good adventure,
good life,
larry chase
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