Supposed trademark issues.

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by Nickower, Jan 23, 2007.

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    I own the website runescapetrades.cohm [ignore the h wont let me type live links yet]
    and i had a very interesting phone call from a lawyer at 1am [australian time] in the morning, which i made my dad handle:p
    Saying that they demand i trasnfer them my domain name, as "Runescape" is trademarked by jagex, i am well aware of this, my website is obviously about runescape content. But this phone call was over 6 months ago and still nothing has happened? were they bluffing? or most likely my site is insignificant to them and not worth the trouble?
    anyway any creative input would be appreciated.
    Thanks,
    nick
     
    Nickower, Jan 23, 2007 IP
  2. Icheb

    Icheb Peon

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    #2
    As you said, it was 6 months ago.
     
    Icheb, Jan 23, 2007 IP
  3. Nickower

    Nickower Banned

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    Yeh well im just wondering if people have had similar issues, and its been 6-12 months then they receive a summonce in the mail lol.
     
    Nickower, Jan 23, 2007 IP
  4. Angelus

    Angelus Well-Known Member

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    Maybe now you could call them and ask them to give you theri domain name :)

    p.l.u.r.
     
    Angelus, Jan 23, 2007 IP
  5. Nickower

    Nickower Banned

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    Lol now thats what i call creative input;)
     
    Nickower, Jan 23, 2007 IP
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    Angelus Well-Known Member

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    I'm creative while listening to "Algorithms and data structures" at college. That is, I'm very bored by the lecture so I try to be creative here on DP :)

    p.l.u.r.
     
    Angelus, Jan 24, 2007 IP
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    Legally speaking, their trademark is very nominal so they could force you to abandon the domain name. However, if you refuse, they would have to take it to court, which would cost them a lot $$$$. If you make any kind of profit from the website, however, they could ask for compensation. So be sure you don't make to much.
     
    eldel, Jan 25, 2007 IP