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Greetings:
I am a distributor for a Network Marketing Company, which I will call Silver Network.
Silver Network Corporate has contacted me requesting the release of (3) Domain names
which I have had for about 1 year and the company is about 15 months old. The
company's trademark name is Silver Network of which it has (3) self replicating websites
for business use: silvernetwork.com or silvernetwork.com/distributor id, shopsilver.com
or shopsilver.com/distributor id, and silverG.com or silverG.com/distributor id. The
silvernetwork.com is the business opportunity website; the shopsilver.com is the Retail
Only website, and the silverG.com is a Squeeze Page with autoreponder business
website. Note: Shop Silver, Silver, and SilverG are not TRADEMARKED.
My domain names are shopsilvernetwork.com, shopsilver.org, and silvershopsilver.com all
being forwarded to my Silver Network self replicated retail website of shopsilver.com.
Another Silver Network distributor had his contacts sent in ERROR to my website at
shopsilvernetwork.com instead of the proper website of shopsilver.com/distributor id
which was my retail website. A clear mistake made my the other Silver Network
distributor's information provided to their potential prospects.
Corporate Office is stating that I have created confusion for potential customers and I
am infringing on the company trademark. In particular the shopsilvernetwork.com is
infringing on their trademark and the âshopsilverâ is a business term that they have used
and therefore can make a claim to domain names that contain that phrase (though it is
not trademarked).
They are therefore requesting that I release all (3) to them which they will dead head
with their account GoDaddy.
I can see that the fight to keep my domain of shopsilvernetwork.com could be an uphill
battle which may not be worth the fight but the other 2 domains shopsilver.org and
silvershopsilver.com are not trademarked and I believe should not be protected by the
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy created by ICANN
Your feedback is requested. Shall I challenge all 3 or 2 of the 3, or just release and walk
away.
Thanks for your feedback, inadvance
libertycashbiz
I am a distributor for a Network Marketing Company, which I will call Silver Network.
Silver Network Corporate has contacted me requesting the release of (3) Domain names
which I have had for about 1 year and the company is about 15 months old. The
company's trademark name is Silver Network of which it has (3) self replicating websites
for business use: silvernetwork.com or silvernetwork.com/distributor id, shopsilver.com
or shopsilver.com/distributor id, and silverG.com or silverG.com/distributor id. The
silvernetwork.com is the business opportunity website; the shopsilver.com is the Retail
Only website, and the silverG.com is a Squeeze Page with autoreponder business
website. Note: Shop Silver, Silver, and SilverG are not TRADEMARKED.
My domain names are shopsilvernetwork.com, shopsilver.org, and silvershopsilver.com all
being forwarded to my Silver Network self replicated retail website of shopsilver.com.
Another Silver Network distributor had his contacts sent in ERROR to my website at
shopsilvernetwork.com instead of the proper website of shopsilver.com/distributor id
which was my retail website. A clear mistake made my the other Silver Network
distributor's information provided to their potential prospects.
Corporate Office is stating that I have created confusion for potential customers and I
am infringing on the company trademark. In particular the shopsilvernetwork.com is
infringing on their trademark and the âshopsilverâ is a business term that they have used
and therefore can make a claim to domain names that contain that phrase (though it is
not trademarked).
They are therefore requesting that I release all (3) to them which they will dead head
with their account GoDaddy.
I can see that the fight to keep my domain of shopsilvernetwork.com could be an uphill
battle which may not be worth the fight but the other 2 domains shopsilver.org and
silvershopsilver.com are not trademarked and I believe should not be protected by the
Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy created by ICANN
Your feedback is requested. Shall I challenge all 3 or 2 of the 3, or just release and walk
away.
Thanks for your feedback, inadvance
libertycashbiz