I was surprised that Zuiko hadn't atleast been reserved by someone else.
Camtech was long gone, by an Australian computer company. I supose if Olympus
was interested , they woulda used it by now....
I found I had uploaded my pages as something other-than HTML, so those who had
trouble might get a more normal view now.
John
R. Lee Hawkins wrote:
> In your message dated: Tue, 28 Apr 1998 19:45:57 EDT you write:
> >>http://www.zuiko.com
> >
> >That was slick to grab zuiko.com. But do you think Olympus will let you
> >keep it? Of course if they do it shows exactly how little they care about
> >things these days... Still, it couldn't have been taken by a better guy <g>
>
> They don't have much choice unless John willingly gives it back to them
> or they pay him for it (I suppose they could "blackmail" him into giving
> it back, but then I'm sure he'd have the basis for a criminal case
> charging blackmail). There exist persons who grabbed dozens of
> www.famoustrademarkname.com sites, and then proceeded to sell the owners
> of the trademark the address for several tens of thousands of dollars,
> and in at least one case, I think, several hundred thousand dollars. At
> first this practice seemed kinda scummy to me, but after that feeling
> wore off, I was just mad I hadn't thought of it first. Oh yeah, the
> right to do this has been held up in court, too.
>
> Cheers,
> --Lee
>
>
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|