Okay, so it seems many webmasters are worried about what happens when you get a C & D type letter. If it helps others, I am sharing my own experience with a threatening letter from a big company. This is not advice, just a factual example of my own experience. 1. I only owned the domain. I had no website, and no investment other than reg fees. 2. I thought, and still do, that there are many legal uses for the domain I owned. I think I could have used this domain without any legal infringment. Since I had not spent any time or money on the site, and have more projects than I can do, this was an easy decision for me, to just drop the domain. 3. I still own the domain. After my reply, the issue was over. I will do as I stated in my reply. Nothing more, nothing less. This post is not meant as legal advice. What worked for me, may not work for you. This was a unique set of facts. If you want to keep your domain or otherwise protect your interets, you should seek legal counsel.
You made the right decision. When you register a domain name: 1. With an intent to make some degree of any commercial use; 2. That bears a famous trademark, especially if it's a made-up term; 3. And it's held by a company with very deep pockets; Then do expect trouble. Post your C&D at chillingeffects.org while you're at it.
Yeah, it was easy decision for me. But, I has intended use which had NOTHING to do with the medication. I would not have had any relation to the drug - nor would there have been any attempt by me to sell any similar or competing medicines. It was a play on words and would have had to do with my niche, female celebrity pictures. Nevertheless, it is not worth a fight for my $8 investment. browntwn
"This post is not meant as legal advice. What worked for me, may not work for you. This was a unique set of facts. If you want to keep your domain or otherwise protect your interets, you should seek legal counsel." ?? I think what you did would work for anyone. Pfizers lawyers sent you a C+D and you complied with their request almost immediately. They got exactly what they wanted. I dont think they really care if you agree with them or not.
1. It might work for everyone, it might not. 2. I complied with some of their request, others I did not agree to in any manner. Since I never had a site up there was nothing to cease doing. I agreed to 2 things. Not to put a site up, and not to renew the domain. What you seem to miss is that I did so on my terms, I did not agree to their language at all. I wrote what I was willing to do. browntwn