Received a legal letter advising of intellectual copyright breach

Today i received a letter saying i have breached copyright for the term "Runescape",
These are the classes in which there trademark is listed, just wondering what that means they are 16,25,41 . and the type of trademark is "word".

Also, The website in dispute is just a forum.. am i still liable?

Also, is there anyway to get around this type of infringement?

I appreciate any advice you can give from a professional to just someone knowledgeable on the matter.
Thanks alot,
Nick

 

I once received a similar notice. What is the name of your forum in question?

 

Does your site domain in question has the term in it?

 

One of them does which im willing to hand over, the rest dont.

 

Hi Nick
without knowing all the details I can not advise you but the word Runescape is a registered trade mark in the UK the company that registered it was Gagex Limited registered it.

Class 16: Books; player's guides; instructional and teaching materials (except apparatus); printed publications; leaflets; brochures; posters.

Class 25: Articles of clothing; T-shirts; hats; caps.

Class 41: Entertainment services; leisure services; electronic games services; provision of games by means of local computer networks, global computer networks, the Internet, cable and wire communications services, wireless telecommunications services and broadband telecommunications services.

thanks

 

Thanks so much for your reply. +rep given.

 

A "word" mark is what it sounds like. Trademarks can be words (Usually need to be a string of words or a made up word) or images (logos). They are saying they have a trademark on the word Runescape.