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# Re: Internet Voting

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- Subject: Re: Internet Voting
- From: "Ian Piper" <ian@dieboldes.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 13:28:49 -0600
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Rubs ya the wrong way, don't it. We can claim a trade name infringement. If customers can confuse them with us, when we have established a brand association with our company name, and we can prove we were here first (which isn't difficult), then you have a case. But it's up to Global as to whether or not we pursue it. It's all about precedents. The more you let the startups walk all over you, the more difficult it is overcome those precedents later. We've been on the receiving end of it before. Remember AccuT**** (now AccuVote-TS). Perhaps we could first ask them, and then ... Ian ----- Original Message ----- From: Guy Lancaster To: salestalk@dieboldes.com Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 12:22 PM Subject: Re: Internet Voting If you go to www.votation.com, is anyone else struck by their use of Global and Elections. Any proprietary issues here?? Ah yes, "The Global Election Company". It has a very familiar ring doesn't it? Our company name is so generic that it would be difficult to defend any but the most blatant use of our full name, Global Election Systems. Still, a lawsuit can be useful for other things, such as drawing attention to ourselves, but I suspect that we wouldn't want this kind of attention. Perhaps we could just politely ask them to avoid using slogans that could be confused with our name. :-) Guy

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