Trademark infringement wtf
 

I got this email , claiming trademark infringement because I own camguys.org I checked his trademark registration, which is listed here :

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield...10:8139hu.13.1

It clearly states :

Here is the email :

Does this guy have any chance ? Besides I am based in Europe, I assume his trademark is just for USA. If I move the shit back to Europe I am okay ? Does anyone have any experience with this ?

Maybe I just put a picture on it of some real nasty gay work, then i am not financially benefiting from it, lol...

You might want to talk to a lawyer, but looks like they might have a case on you, unless you bought and established the dot org before they did with the dot com.

The email makes no sense. He says he owns camguys.org which is your site? How can he own your site?

Thats the strange thing about it, he doesn't own the domain... I do

I read the post three times thinking I was reading it wrong. I noticed the same thing.

Before you do anything, email him back and get some clarification as to what he's talking about as you own the domain camguys.org.

email him back and ask him why he says he owns a domain he does not? He probably just made a typo. Also, his TM is for "The Cam Guys" and non CamGuys or "Cam Guys" but if he owns and has owned camguys.com (assuming he made a typo in his email) since 1997 when it was registered that may be a different story. Check archive.org and see what the site was when you began your site.

It appears he owns camguys.com , if you go to the site and look at the very bottom you'll see this. "The Cam Guys" is a trademark of CamGuys.com

sounds retarded.

he is probably bluffing, I wouldn't worry about it till his lawyer contacts you... :2 cents:

Yeah I guess he made a typo.... His site was like this in June 2008 :
http://web.archive.org/web/200806081...w.camguys.com/

We own the domain since sept 4 2008 and it never changed content...

appears to have only been filed last year

you're fucked

I emailed him back for you and told him to go fuck himself and you will see him in court...

Hopefully he will back down....

You're welcome.. :thumbsup





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If it were to go to WIPO you may lose on grounds that your domain is confusingly similar to his trademark.

His TM is for "The Cam Guys" and one has to wonder if an application for "Cam Guys" was denied. Probably not, but it might be worth checking into.

CamGuys.com May 23, 1997 (he appears to not be the original registrant... think he used his TM to take this domain?)
TheCamGuys.com Nov 06, 2005

Filing date: June 11, 2009
Stated first use in commerce: Nov 06, 2005 (Dec 15, 2005 Archive.org shows an undeveloped page.)

CamGuys.org Sept 04, 2008

Your domain pre-dates his TM. As long as you were using the domain prior to June 11, 2009, I think you are in the clear.

Just ignore him, he has no basis for a case. He's just trying to intimidate you.

I just checked with domaintools, he owns the domain camguys.com since 2009-07-19 , before that some other company owned it (Smiling Zebra LLC)
We own the domain camguys.org since 2008-09-04

I spoke to mojohosting, I am going to change the site to something funny and move it to my dutch servers. He can try to sue me in my own backjard...

I wouldn't ignore him. I would respond back including something to the effect of "My use of the domain in commerce pre-dates your TM."

no one sends a blind copy to the lawyer, you want people to see that shit

probably bullshit. i've had many people email me claiming one of my domains is violating something or other, none ever went to anything legal.

For some reason I really doubt it will go that far to court in this particular situation, but I'd do the same as you to feel secure

Yes, reply to him and get clarification on the domain name and that you were using yours before he owned his. I would not change the domain's content either.

Interesting. His TM filing date was one month earlier. I'll bet he did threaten them into giving up camguys.com.

jeez thats a mess

Oh well, just for the fun of it I changed the site for now http://www.camguys.org/ also I am moving that shit to my dutch servers.

The TM is for The Cam Guys which is the same as his old domain name.

Sell it to him for $50,000.00.

lmao :1orglaugh

The problem is that he is calling my hosting company, which are based in the US, it seems they can try to sue them for hosting the site..

So ridiculous

Then tell him to fuck off. The way you are handling this is making you look guilty of what he is accusing you of even though you are not. Take a stand for what is yours.

Done... thanks for that

I'm taking a stand, I am not taking the site down just because someone threatens me.. No harm is done until I receive an official notification of his lawyer...

Maybe I should ask the same as the guy from camgirls.com :thumbsup
Considering that, price went up to 10k

Thanks for that, I couldn't do that. Mom told me not to curse :thumbsup

Why did he bcc his lawyer in the orig email? Just in case he didn't but wanted you to think he did?

Why didn't he just have his lawyer send out the letter and save all the guess-work?

This is interesting. Keep us posted how this goes. For not, it looks like your site is down.

hit me up if you get pushed to domain arbitration

I would think that if you had;

1) a ligitimate claim
and
2) a Lawyer

why involve yourself in it? set your legal attack dogs on him and let them chew. sounds like he is trying to BS and bully to me


spaz

I agree, usually a lawyer will send the email and also send a copy via post office. It sucks having trademark problems, but sometimes they are worth disputing. Not sure if a .org is worth the trouble.

We are forwarding this letter to our attorneys
If he was serious the letter would be from his attorney.