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  This should be hilarious. : Rauol Duke
  • next on Fox... : Degenerate
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    I'm being quite respectful at the moment, as is he - but this could get entertaining :D : DKo5
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      srsly, tell him to fuck a digital cow. That'd be fuckin cool. : headless
      • "Suck my hairy Tauren penis." : Kaiser
• tell him to go fuck a digital cow on his MMORPG and leave you alone. :) : headless
• post the email he sent you : AllYourBase
• a guild registered their name? wtf? : jayares
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  I find the funniest part to be that a guild copyrighted their name : Degenerate
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    err, trademarked : Degenerate
    • Lord of the Blings LLC, inc. : Rauol Duke
• http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=searchss&state=rqr3vg.1.1 Do a search. 99.99% chance he's full ... : Carnivac
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  tell him that obtaining a trademark on something is a difficult and expensive task, and that he should go... : Nighthavvk
  • Exaclty. A trademark is for business and I highly doubt anyone would award a trademark to an online guild... : Fred Garvin
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  thread bookmarked for future comedy when I wake up :) : losimagic
  • haha beat me to it : El Tigre
• You can't have a post like this without mentioning the name at least. : d3tached
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  IANAL but if it's clear they are referring to notably different things, there's no conflict. This is sim... : tedv
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    He emailed my yahoo account (which is from the whois info on the domain), but that was back in October. ... : DKo5
    • so what is hte name of the guild? : FormerHPB
• wouldnt the guild names technically be property of the games they play? similar to characters and stuff i... : maulla
• how long have they been around and how long has your clan been around? If can prove you were using the n... : timmie
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  This sounds like a pilot episode for a geek sitcom. Next on G4TV... : genjuro
  • If he loses the case and can't pay, get the judge to make him your butler. : zerofunk
• The burden of proof is the accuser's hands. You do not have to do anything until there is legally admissi... : Downforce
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  First, see if they actually have a registered trademark: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=tess&state... : Gnowknayme
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    http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=tmgr9d.3.7 bingo :) Since yours is "Team Syndicate... : enigmatic
    • wtf? why would you do this? : zerofunk
    • Not even that, but their two trademarks are newly filed. I can't see any way he can make us change our na... : DKo5
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  Bit of background. Clan name is The sYndicate (or Team sYn). We've been around in one form or another sin : DKo5
  • You forgot: Eat a fuck asslick. P.S. In America we have a saying: "Go fuck yourself". : Rauol Duke
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    Should be easy to write some kind of "fuck off" email email involving prior use of "The Syndicate" in fic... : tedv
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      Filing was made in Sept. of this year. I've had the domain since early 2002. : DKo5
      • Oh yeah, and we've got plenty of history/proof of our existance from almost 6 years ago. : DKo5
      • You can always oppose his trademark if you want on the grounds of prior use. : shavenewok
  • until he serves you with an actual legal notice, tell that asslicker to go suck a big fatty. : Nighthavvk
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    screw this guy. What is he losing by you and your friends using the name? And also... as far as you ca : pheral
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      Moreover, it's not even like your domain is causing any damages towards his. Honestly it just seems like... : tedv
      • The Syndicate != Team Syndicate : pheral
  • biggest douchebag ever. i know some mmorpg'ers are nuts but this fool takes the cake. : pyide
  • just tell him to eat a dick and to sue you : AllYourBase
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    Here's the deal: They ACTUALLY HAVE APPLIED for it. http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=toc&state... : Downforce
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      Yeah, I figured/knew as much. Just find it hilarious. : DKo5
      • Yeah, they have an angle if you were THE Syndicate and played EQ... hehehe However, they are barking u... : Downforce
    • what a bunch of lameasses. : pheral
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      direct link: http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=459gta.9.6 the short of it: still tell t... : Nighthavvk
      • In friendship we conquer? What in the hell is this? : project13
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      that's the gayest thing I ever heard. don't you need to be doing some kind of "trade" to merit a trademar... : eskimo spy
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        Can you even sue someone to stop them from using a trademark if they're not profiting from it? That ha... : Dobbs
        • Yeah there are at least 5 or 6 team/clan/the Syndicate groups on gamesurge IRC. : delataur
        • I mean, lawyers plz fill me in: where the FUCK is the "trade" going on in a gaming guild, which is about ... : eskimo spy
    • That's hilarious. Trademark is used to protect a business identity. They will SO get rejected. It's just ... : Fred Garvin
  • don't have any forums, damn : stgdz
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  Tell him to give you proof of trademark. It costs thousands of dollars and takes years to register a trad... : Fred Garvin
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    actually, I think it costs all of $30 bucks. It's prety easy to get a trade mark, just gotta fill out th... : enigmatic
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      Nope, it's far more involved than that: http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/tac/doc/basic/ Basic fee i... : Fred Garvin
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        yeah, I was thinking copyright...apparently a entirely different animal : enigmatic
        • copyrights are actually free and automatic. When you write a paper / work of art it is automatically cop... : ant321
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      /goes to trademark enigmatic : Degenerate
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        /goes to trademark Degenerate and dg3nR8 : ThomW
        • /crys 'cause he's to poor to trademark thomw :( : enigmatic
  • I like this idea. Also, to have any case against you he'd have to prove that your use of the name someho... : riptyde
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  lol @ asking shack for legal advices : cameljoe
  • wut? We would even be able to tell someone how to land a plane or perform an abortion on someone, foo. ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  and also, their site sucks ass... llts.org : pheral
  • Seriously. Just based on general design principal, DKo5's team should win. : boolean
  • I wonder if using all those games' logos on their shitty site constitutes trademark infringement. : AdmiralBman
  • tell him to fuck off. I'm just going to guess that these guys (http://www.thesyndicate.org/) would have ... : timmie
• You should settle it with some Q3 Instagib. : AcesnEights
• just ignore him from now on until you actually get served. : josecuervo
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  Their leader's name is "Dragons" Yes, plural. Anyone else this this is funny? : pheral
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    perhaps he has Multiple Personality Disorder, and you're being insensitive to his disability...you heartl... : enigmatic
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      he is more than just a dragon... he is dragons : pheral
      • exactly! It's like "The Many" or something...Fear Me, for I am legion! In fact, that'd be a good monn... : enigmatic
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  Sounds like this dude is a lawyer and he just happens to be a member of that guild, if I was a lawyer I would do this kind of crap.

  Dec 21, 2004 3:18pm CST
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  Sounds like this dude is a lawyer and he just happens to be a member of that guild, if I was a lawyer I w... : alcaron
  • I WANT A LAWYER NAMED DRAGONS! : pheral
  • then you would be a bully and a dickhead. I mean, would the thought process be "yeah, I'll throw some leg... : eskimo spy
• New shack rule for any MPOG: First thing on any new server, make an alt name Shackpwns, start a guild cal... : YoYo
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  Unless you get a subpoena in the mail, tell him to fuck the fuck off. : snuff
  • yah.. tell him to go screw an elf or something. : Shadowdane
• What? People trademark clan names? Seriously pathetic. Whats the point of this? Uhh.. my unprofession... : K1Bond007
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  my ip lawyer gf says you're in the clear if you can claim first use, which would be easiest to prove by d... : ant321
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    this should probably be the advice to follow, let them file suit and then just get Leonard J Crabs on the... : feratu
    • I'm waiting for his response... I hope it'll provide more comedy. : DKo5
• Send him this: http://phil.askluke.com/mybabypicture.jpg Maybe host it on your site and tell him t... : Phil
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  shoulda stuck with L2, buddy ;) : Spezzer
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    omgwtf? : DKo5
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      wait, i think you were actually with syn for UT, but were in L2 at the same time for that one q3 tourname... : Spezzer
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        L2 was back in the UT demo days. Didn't join sYn myself until maybe 6 months after retail came out. IIRC ... : DKo5
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          I think we all got pissed off during Q3Test when SouL got pingflooded in the finals, and so it faded away... : Spezzer
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            ROFL Yeah, we played some ET. Great game to play with friends. What've you been up to? : DKo5
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              spezzer whats up it's juggalo ;P.. how you been ? : chodog
              • we should probably take this to shackmessages or IRC, preferebly IRC. I usually drop in every few months... : Spezzer
          • Hey, I was in L2 as well, but I have no idea what I was playing as at the time. Fuze maybe? : egofumpapa
• Tell him to pound sand up his ass. : filtersweep
• You own the domain, do what you want with it. That's like me saying I automatically own dmason.com, org,... : dmason
• Tell him this: OMGLOLNOGGTHXBYE!!!1 : drucifer
• I think it's important to note that he does not have the trademark. Yes, he's applied for it, but it's no... : Dan[WSB]
• hahahahah. he copyrighted a name for his MMO clan!!!! yeah right. : edgewise
• Tell him you're comandeering his clan, and he's fired : esky
• I would inform your ISP they don't have a case at all, in case he tries threatening them as well to disru... : carnivore
• Respond by saying Bullfrog wants their copyright/trademark back and forward their e-mails to them. Heh : alias