Get a clue. I hope you don't practice law. 18 USC Sec. 1051 etc. was meant to help folks identify the mark holder and it's source. Digium would have an up-hill battle trying to get me on rights for "sipdid.com".
The only thing clear from your e-mail is that you lack information to pass judgement. I said "asterisk-related". Does "recordacall.com" infringe upon Digium's marks? However, that to me is "asterisk-related", as it may be of interest to companies which do business with Asterisk or similar platforms. I have a bunch of them. Under the Lanham Act, the so called trademark owner still has the burden of proof. Also, the word "asterisk" is widely used in technology, software, and on the Internet. We all know that any idiot can sue the same. That doesn't mean they will win or that they would even want the bad press. ----- Original Message ---- From: Matthew Rubenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Justin Newman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Asterisk -Biz <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2008 6:24:15 PM Subject: Re: [asterisk-biz] Bunch of asterisk-related domains for sale You're pitching domains that are "asterisk related", which, as nothing but names, means they have the word "asterisk" in them. You're pitching them to people on the "asterisk-biz" list, "Commercial and Business-Oriented Asterisk Discussion". Your offerings clearly infringe the Digium trademark on "Asterisk" used to identify Digium's "Asterisk" product. Under the Lanham Act, which your copy/paste operation evidently failed to fully parse, if a mark holder fails to "vigorously pursue" action against an infringer who's diluting the mark as used under the held trademark, the original mark holder can lose claim to exclusive use of the mark. Understanding trademark requires more than hitting Wikipedia. But then you might not have registered those domains intending to make money infringing someone's trademark. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-biz mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-biz
