Yes, A law office in San Deigo CA, Branfman & Associates
(http://www.racesimcentral.net/) represents a certain company that has decided to
threaten a trademark lawsuit. This company, whom is going nameless, wants
the SHRA (http://www.racesimcentral.net/) to stop using the word "burnout" under any
circumstances, because their client has a board game called "burn-out". Why
are they contacitng a webmaster of a free service? Why arent they going
after the software manufacturer? Isnt this part of the constitution? Freedom
of speach? Can us webmasters be held from using a particular word on a web
page? No, no one can be prevented from using any word in a sentence or on a
web page. If this IS the case, what is the internet going to look like in a
couple years? We wouldnt be able to have any information on it at all
because of possible trademark lawsuits. I would not be able to say
"Microsoft", or "Intel", or any other word or phrase that may be trademarked
by such a company.
The only reason why SHRA have been selected out of the many websites
regarding the auto sim, Burnout, is because suing SHRA is a great publicity
ploy for the company.
Any trademark lawsuits about the trademark of "Burnout" or "Burnout:
Championship Drag Racing" should be directed to software maker, not a
webmaster of an individual web page.
If you would like to contact David P Branfman, his email is
Tell him that his client has lost another potential customer due to the
terrorism tactics and disregard of the constitution. If you would like to
know what company is bringing a lawsuit aginst the SHRA, go to the Branfman
& Associates web page and follow the client link, it is going to be one of
those listed. Stop this madness before it gets out of hand!