Below is a copy of a letter I received from Radio Shack
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Dear Sir or Madam:
I represent TRS Quality Inc, the owner of the trademark RadioShack ® and RadioShack Corporation, the exclusive licensee of the mark. The first federal registration of the RadioShack mark was issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on June 2, 1959. Since that time, RadioShack has filed and received numerous other marks using the RadioShack trademark. RadioShack uses this mark to sell electronic merchandise. A copy of one of these registrations is attached for your reference as Exhibit A. RadioShack also owns the domain name www.radioshack.com, which is an active commercial website that receives around 5,000 hits per day. Millions of dollars are spent annually by RadioShack advertising electronic products and services using these marks. As you know, good and services under this famous mark are offered by RadioShack throughout the world and these marks are of enormous value to RadioShack.
It recently came to RadioShack's attention that you have registered and are using www.radoshack.com as a World Wide Web domain name in violation of the Anti-cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act of 1999. Furthermore, you are intentionally trading on the goodwill of RadioShack by using a trademark that is confusingly similar to RADIOSHACK. Your misuse of our famous trademark, combined with the lack of any semblance of legitimate reason for you to register this domain name indicates a bad faith intent to profit from the famous RADIOSHACK trademark
It is clear that www.radoshack's use of this misspelling of our trademark and domain name is intended to and actually does confuse and misdirect customers who mistype RadioShack's website address. This misuse of RadioShack's trademark is a classic example of dilution by blurring. This dilution is further exacerbated by the fact that your web site also offers electronic merchandise. This type of action commonly called typosquatting is actionable under federal law and causes you to be liable to RadioShack in every state in which the misdirected users have made purchases. Your activities are unlawful and constitute unfair competition, intentional trademark infringement, trademark dilution, false designation of origin and cybersquatting.
The Lanham Act provides numerous remedies for trademark infringement and dilution, including, but not limited to, preliminary and permanent injunctive relief, money damages, and a defendant's profits, and where intentional infringement is shown (as would be the case here) attorneys' fees and possible treble money damages.
RadioShack has several options to enforce its legal rights. It can submit the matter to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers to be resolved under its Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy and seek a ruling that the Domain Name be transferred to RadioShack.
Second, RadioShack can file a lawsuit against you. RadioShack prefers to resolve this matter without taking legal action, but it is prepared to file a lawsuit if necessary to protect its rights and business. You may avoid legal action by signing this letter where indicated below and return the signed letter to me on or before April 10, 2002.
This letter is sent without prejudice to RadioShack's rights and claims, all of which are expressly reserved. I am sending you a copy of this letter by regular first class mail in case you refuse to accept the certified mail, return receipt requested version of this letter.