Russ and all, It seems obvious to me that Mattel believes it has right to all speech related in any way to the term "Barbie". I find that to be extraordinary and in disagreement in the extreme with the 1st amendment in several obvious areas. The part of your web page, Trademarks.org that indicated this clearly is the following: "By linking, you acknowledge and agree that, other than as set forth herein... No link(s) may appear on any page on your web site or within any context containing content or materials that may be interpreted as libelous, obscene or criminal, or which infringes, otherwise violates, or advocates the infringement or other violation of, any third party rights ... All terms and conditions related to the use of INTA’s web site will be construed according to the laws of the State of New York, United States of America, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. " Appalling though process on the part of the Mattel lawyers! Possibly a public awareness effort should be put into action against Mattel with respect to "Barbie Dolls" and other Barbie related items that Mattel sells... It also seems that again we can see clearly that ICANN in it's pandering for support from the TM lobby has shown that it has created a legal morass and mess that defies their White Paper directive of "Stability". domainiac wrote: > Mattel has filed a federal lawsuit against Consumer.net concerning the > domain name barbies.net in New York. The suit claims that offering e-mail > addresses using "@barbies.net" causes infringement and dilution and, of > course, they claim that registering the domain violates the > Anti-Cybersquatter Protection Act. > > Information is being posted at an alternate location since the barbies.net > domain name has already been transferred to Mattel. Information has already > been posted about a whole series of these threats dating back to '96. See: > http://Trademarks.org > > Russ Smith > http://consumer.net Regards, -- Jeffrey A. Williams Spokesman INEGroup (Over 112k members strong!) CEO/DIR. Internet Network Eng/SR. Java/CORBA Development Eng. Information Network Eng. Group. INEG. INC. E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] Contact Number: 972-447-1800 x1894 or 9236 fwd's to home ph# Address: 5 East Kirkwood Blvd. Grapevine Texas 75208
