Word: donin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Donin said that the legal definitions of blackmail and extortion are not correct characterizations of what "Rhys and Douglas" did, though the lawyer confirmed that the University had been solicited about buying the web site names...
...They contacted us and asked us if we wanted to buy these names," Donin said. "We filed the lawsuit shortly after we sent them a letter demanding that they cease and desist using the names and offering them for sale and they didn't respond," he said...
...Donin said the University would have been able to bring the lawsuit regardless of the new law, using instead federal trademark law and state law concerning unfair competition and deceptive practices...
...Donin said that the lawsuit was the University's last resort and he thinks that Harvard is likely...
...Donin would not comment on the University's legal strategy, but said there have been other cases that have dealt with this issue...