---------- Von: Paul Tiffany[SMTP:PTiffany@SuccessNet.net] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. November 1997 03:45 An: '"WebmasterCH@Genealogy.net"' Betreff: Help Team Trademark
The names "Help Team" and "HelpTeam" are Registered Trademarks to Help Team Incorporated in the United States. Please cease and desist from using these terms on Web Sites accessible in the United States. If you continue, you are in violation of United States and International trademark statutes and are subject to punitive damages.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
--------------------- I have to admit that I find the practice of registering common words like "Help Team", describing a (small) team of people willing to help (and we do that free of charge - how about you ?), quite ridiculous. To avoid having to waste my time with quarrels like this I'll still change the wording whereever this appears on my pages : I haven't found it just now on my present pages; as you obviously have found this expression somewhere on my large number of pages, I am looking forward to receiving more detailed information where this expression appears. For all of you wondering what this is all about : Paul Tiffany is complaining about "Swiss Genealogy on the Internet" - have a look at http://www.genealogy.com/gene/reg/CH/ and let me know if you find "Help Team" anywhere. Thanks. Happy hunting - Wolf ---------------------- Wolf W. Seelentag, PhD, e-mail : wolf@swissmail.com Reherstr. 19, CH - 9016 St. Gallen, Switzerland Tel (home) : +41-71-2885121 Tel (work) : +41-71-4942233 Fax : +41-71-4942893
Also sprach Seelentag Wolfhart on 20 Nov 97 at 8:27 about AW: Help Team Trademark:
---------- Von: Paul Tiffany[SMTP:PTiffany@SuccessNet.net] Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. November 1997 03:45 An: '"WebmasterCH@Genealogy.net"' Betreff: Help Team Trademark
The names "Help Team" and "HelpTeam" are Registered Trademarks to Help Team Incorporated in the United States. Please cease and desist from using these terms on Web Sites accessible in the United States. If you continue, you are in violation of United States and International trademark statutes and are subject to punitive damages.
Thank you in advance for your cooperation.
---------------------
I have to admit that I find the practice of registering common words like "Help Team", describing a (small) team of people willing to help (and we do that free of charge - how about you ?), quite ridiculous. To avoid having to waste my time with quarrels like this
Wolf, crazy! First of all I do not think that two such words CAN be registered as a trade name as they've been in common use and can't be removed from such. Second, you're not in the United States and should tell this guy to go and fly a kite. If powerful outfits like IBM and Intel have not been able to trademark items such as the word Blue or the number 486 etc., some no name outfit sure as hell won't have a chance in hell to reserve help team to themselves. Have them send you the paperwork. :-) Fred Fred Rump http://www.k2nesoft.com/~fred 26 Warren St Beverly, NJ 08010 fred@compu.com or 609-386-6846 fred@k2nesoft.com
Paul Tiffany is apparently complaining about an old version of the page <http://www.kssg.ch/chgene/ge-pr-ht-e.htm> that contained the text last updated : 19 June 1997. Swiss Genealogy on the Internet. The Help Team. THIS IS A TEMPORARY TEST SITE FOR INTERNAL USE ONLY !! The "Swiss... No doubt he found this using an Internet search site such as AltaVista(TM). The complaint seems unfounded. The information is not on the web. The use of "Help Team" here is also, in my opinion, not an infringement on their trademark, because its capitalization seems to be due to the use of the phrase in a title, not as a mark. I'd say it is safe to ignore it. -- =Jim Eggert EggertJ@LL.mit.edu
participants (3)
-
Jim Eggert
-
Seelentag Wolfhart
-
W. Fred Rump