Email from Agape Diamonds with Request for Removal October 20, 2015
Sender: Agape Diamonds
Location: 13014 N Dale Mabry Hwy, Tampa, FL 33618
Company Representative: Jay Richardson
Email: customerservice@agapediamonds.com
Phone: 1-800-861-5144, 813-629-0346
Link: http://www.diamondslabcreated.com/
Sent: October 20, 2015
Allegedly Infringing URL(s):
https://agape-diamonds.pissedconsumer.com/review.html
Company Name: Agape Diamonds
Email Snippet: "Although you are not responsible for third parties publishing information on your website, you do control page titles, URL strings, and meta data. This is our third attempt for your company to comply.Your company is advertising on the links below, and because this is a forum that you a advertise to our competition , you cannot use our Trademark name in the page title, URL or meta data on this page without our permission ...Using our trademark name as the page title , in the URL and in meta data, would the same as using our trademark name on the cover of a magazine without our permission, since you have advertisement on this page you are profiting off of our brand name and violating our trademark. This publication has been on the your site for several years now. We are requesting this information be deleted completely within 7 days or we will be forced to file suite against you. Trademark fines can be up to $250,000 as well as having to pay our attorney fees.Please respond to this email once you have complied."
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PissedConsumer.com suggests:
PissedConsumer did not commit any trademark violation. The way Agape Diamonds' trademark name appears on PissedConsumer constitutes fair use and is protected under the First Amendment.