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confucy · 09-26-2003

Gould started out being very nice. He said if I turned over my domain name, babe.net, he would give me unlimited email accounts and I could use their content. I politely refused. He then contacted his attorney, and this is part of the first letter I received.
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I represent BabeNet Ltd., a registered California corporation.

BabeNet has been a significant presence on the Internet since 1995 establishing itself as a premier provider of adult entertainment via the World Wide Web. The "BabeNet" trademark and corporate name is well known in the industry and has acquired strong name recognition over the years.

Some months ago it came to the attention of my client that Kimberly Tracey had registered the domain name "BABE.NET" with Internic. At her site, Ms. Tracey provides links to a number of sexually explicit internet sites. As might be expected, consumers of on-line adult entertainment ultimately become confused as to the origin of the Web sites. Consequently, people trying to communicate with my client have inadvertently contacted Ms. Tracey.

In an effort to resolve the issue of domain name confusion, Robert Gould, from BabeNet had, until recently, been communicating directly with Ms. Tracey. ultimately result in irreparable harm to the reputation of BabeNet Ltd.

It is obvious that BabeNet cannot tolerate Ms. Tracey's continuing infringement of the BabeNet trademark. While Ms. Tracey has "generously offered to sell my client her domain name for the sum of one half million dollars, we must respectfully decline. Instead, BabeNet is demanding that Ms. Tracey immediately cease and desist her use of the term BABE.NET, which is confusingly similar to my client's trademark and corporate name.
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I was hoping it would go to court, but it just faded away after the attorneys got tired of fighting with each other.

09-26-2003	#12
confucy Members Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 1,066	Gould started out being very nice. He said if I turned over my domain name, babe.net, he would give me unlimited email accounts and I could use their content. I politely refused. He then contacted his attorney, and this is part of the first letter I received. ########### I represent BabeNet Ltd., a registered California corporation. BabeNet has been a significant presence on the Internet since 1995 establishing itself as a premier provider of adult entertainment via the World Wide Web. The "BabeNet" trademark and corporate name is well known in the industry and has acquired strong name recognition over the years. Some months ago it came to the attention of my client that Kimberly Tracey had registered the domain name "BABE.NET" with Internic. At her site, Ms. Tracey provides links to a number of sexually explicit internet sites. As might be expected, consumers of on-line adult entertainment ultimately become confused as to the origin of the Web sites. Consequently, people trying to communicate with my client have inadvertently contacted Ms. Tracey. In an effort to resolve the issue of domain name confusion, Robert Gould, from BabeNet had, until recently, been communicating directly with Ms. Tracey. ultimately result in irreparable harm to the reputation of BabeNet Ltd. It is obvious that BabeNet cannot tolerate Ms. Tracey's continuing infringement of the BabeNet trademark. While Ms. Tracey has "generously offered to sell my client her domain name for the sum of one half million dollars, we must respectfully decline. Instead, BabeNet is demanding that Ms. Tracey immediately cease and desist her use of the term BABE.NET, which is confusingly similar to my client's trademark and corporate name. ############# I was hoping it would go to court, but it just faded away after the attorneys got tired of fighting with each other.