大问题!被告商标侵权 商标, 侵权

forrich

接到对方的邮件通知,告诉我侵权了...
我使用的软件名与其注册的商标confusingly similar,即相似.要求我改名..

天哪,各位有没有人遇过.对这种事该怎么处理?any idea?

我目前想先放几天,看他接下来有什么反映再说.如果最终软件真被各服务器商给删除了,那对软件打击也蛮大的.那就要重新推广了....郁闷


URGENT REGISTERED TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT ISSUE
  
Please be advised that - "Folder Protect" trademark, Serial Number 77803471 is a US registered trademark (Status: Live). For details, go to http://www.uspto.gov for trademark search.

I, Mr. Sam Wright, Legal Advisor of  http://www.newsoftwares.net reserve all rights of this trademark and would like to inform you that you are directly / indirectly infringing our registered trademark
by having "这里是我的英文软件名" on your website and many shareware sites.You must change the description and product name on your website and in your PAD file or if that doesn't
work then visit the sites and contact their webmasters to remove / rename your title where you submit your software.

This name is in violation based on the criteria of "confusingly similar" or "likelihood of confusion" according to Trademark Act Section 2(d), 15 U.S.C. Section 1052(d). Therefore you cannot use the
name "这里是我的英文软件名" for your product.

You are getting this email because:

If you are the author of this product, take these steps to avoid a legal suit:

1. Delete / deactivate or rename your product.
2. Stop marketing, submitting and/or advertising your product on search engines, websites and shareware sites.
3. Change the software name in your PAD XML file (if you use PAD software submission).
4. Change the software name on your website, product page, description, title, content in software and help files.
5. Notify us of the changes within 5 days.

Continued forced usage of this term may result in statuary damage charges of upto 50,000 USD.

If we don't get a satisfactory response to this email within 5 days, we may continue with appropriate legal action which may involve banning from google.com searches, deactivation of your
account with your current webhost and/or reporting to Better Business Bureau.

I declare, under penalty of perjury, that the above is accurate, that I, Mr. Sam Wright is  authorized to act on behalf of Newsoftwares.net

Respectfully Submitted,
Sam Wright,
Legal Advisor,
NewSoftwares.net

Best regards,
  
NewSoftwares.net Legal Department
legal@newsoftwares.net

荒唐

不知道。怎么什么词都是商标？

把这篇英文抄下，以后吓唬别人去。

popura

软件名和商标相似而造成侵权？他们的商标是 NewSoftwares，可你的软件名称会叫做 NewSoftware 吗？

补充：哦哦，我知道了，他们是注册了另外一个称呼不一样的商标。

googlebot

改名吧， 没什么好说的

newbg

还真的是什么都能被注册成商标啊

bing

Folder Protect 这样的词被注册成商标一不留神就锓权了,要真注册才能唬人

sixfooter

大家顺着网站去看吧, 人家拥有的tm还真多, 很多都是通用的词组.

sixfooter

想问问怎么在美国注册商标?  有代理没?

googlebot

2009，8，12才注册，  也可能是外观商标，不是word， 有敲诈嫌疑
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4004:nkems3.2.1

Word Mark           FOLDER PROTECT
Goods and Services         IC 009. US 021 023 026 036 038. G & S: Computer security software for setting access rights to data stored on computers
Mark Drawing Code         (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
Design Search Code         14.11.01 - Keys with heads of circular, oval or lobed shape
27.03.05 - Objects forming letters or numerals
Serial Number         77803471
Filing Date         August 12, 2009
Current Filing Basis         1B
Original Filing Basis         1B
Owner         (APPLICANT) Ashraf, Salman INDIVIDUAL PAKISTAN Phase-6, 75500, DHA 194/1, Khayaban-e-Shahbaz Karachi PAKISTAN
Attorney of Record         Marcus Stephen Harris
Description of Mark         Color is not claimed as a feature of the mark. The mark consists of the stylized representation of the word FOLDER above and to the left of the word PROTECT; the F in the word FOLDER is depicted as a stylized key.
Type of Mark         TRADEMARK
Register         PRINCIPAL
Live/Dead Indicator         LIVE

googlebot

这帮老美太黑了， 拿过商标图案，说你侵权

newbg

注意了一下
Mark Drawing Code         (3) DESIGN PLUS WORDS, LETTERS, AND/OR NUMBERS
有些是  (4) STANDARD CHARACTER MARK
(已经取代 (1) TYPED DRAWING)
好像 （3）的覆盖类型比 （4)更多，不仅包括design，还包括单词本身。所以一般律师会建议申请商标时如果有logo的话就加上去。
参见
http://www.intelproplaw.com/ip_forum/index.php/topic,5378.0.html
和 http://www.intelproplaw.com/ip_forum/index.php/topic,13206.0.html

A TM registration does not give substantive TM rights.  Those rights arise from use.  Therefore, even if the federal registration did not cover the words, strictly speaking, the other party might still have rights in the words based on their use of the words in the real world.

A registration of a logo that includes words often covers sufficiently the words alone.  The more prominent the words are in the logo, the more protection the registration provides for the words separate and apart from the logo, generally speaking.

马甲1号

Word Mark           FOLDER PROTECT
Goods and Services         IC 009. US  ...

Owner         (APPLICANT) Ashraf, Salman INDIVIDUAL PAKISTAN Phase-6, 75500, DHA 194/1, Khayaban-e-Shahbaz Karachi PAKISTAN
googlebot 发表于 2010-1-17 07:59

巴基斯坦的冒充老美？

McClane

Folder Lock啊，不用理他们，他们成天到处发，告诉说什么软件名他们注册了专利，没人理他们的.

mygod

让他们提供商标版权原始文件原文件或者数码相机拍摄的文件，以邮寄方式或者传真过来，不管他也不要紧，主机商或者GOOGLE会让他们提供的。

newcomer

别理他

MidnightOil

问他备案了么？

vcman

告诉他们，看不懂，用中文发

forrich

“Folder Lock啊，不用理他们，他们成天到处发，告诉说什么软件名他们注册了专利，没人理他们的.”
这句话可信么？

实话说吧，这是我第二次收到他们的邮件了。上一次是在08年的6月，也就是我初涉国外市场，那时才发布没久他就告诉我名称类似侵权。于是我改名了。

这个老东西，居然把很多通用的名称注册成商标！！！真是太有才了，Folder Lock, Folder Protect...等
这才过一年多，又告诉我侵权。。。

我想，是否要找个时间去注册商标。我问过国内的商标代理商，开价是1000美元。不知要否续费。还是永久价。

如果不理这封邮件，真不知后果有没有他说的那么严重。

主啊，拯救我吧。。^_^

foxbear

1000美元的成本来敲诈，貌似很高啊。今天才知道原来通用词也可以商标。

forrich

净找些通用词来注册商标,实在是服了这个印度阿三了!
听从大家的建议,先不理他了