asterisk users - Feb 2005 - opencall.org is changing to soft-switch.org

Hi,

Anyone using my spandsp or unicall software please note that 
opencall.org is shifting to soft-switch.org. HP have a line of telephony 
products called Opencall, which were very obscure in 1999, when I 
registered opencall.org. A search for "opencall" on Google back then 
returned only references to theatrical agents. opencall.com and 
opencll.net were theatrical sites. Now a search for "opencall" on
Google
returns thousands of hits for HP's stuff, and I have dropped to number 3 :-)

HP's lawyers have contacted me about the conflict. They say HP has 
OpenCall trademarked in lots of places, which seems strange for such a 
generic name. I have no wish to be associated with the HP stuff, so I 
registered a new name. At the same time, I also registered spandsp.org, 
so that name works too.

Regards,
Steve

> HP's lawyers have contacted me about the conflict. 
I suppose lawyers suffered as much as other businesses when the bubble
burst, but now they're coming back strong. Funny it took them a few
years to find your domain name :)

Hi Steve,

I sure hope that youre making HP pay for the domain. They should compensate 
you for the inconvenience and cost of switching domains since they havent 
upheld their trademark on the web untill now.

Let me know if you need a lawyer.

/Danny

On Sunday 27 February 2005 09.27, Steve Underwood wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone using my spandsp or unicall software please note that
> opencall.org is shifting to soft-switch.org. HP have a line of telephony
> products called Opencall, which were very obscure in 1999, when I
> registered opencall.org. A search for "opencall" on Google back
then
> returned only references to theatrical agents. opencall.com and
> opencll.net were theatrical sites. Now a search for "opencall" on
Google
> returns thousands of hits for HP's stuff, and I have dropped to number
3
> :-)
>
> HP's lawyers have contacted me about the conflict. They say HP has
> OpenCall trademarked in lots of places, which seems strange for such a
> generic name. I have no wish to be associated with the HP stuff, so I
> registered a new name. At the same time, I also registered spandsp.org,
> so that name works too.
>
> Regards,
> Steve
>
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Many Regards.

Danny Froberg