HouseOfTheDragon.com And The Trademark That Didn’t/Doesn’t Exist
BOTCHED WARNER MEDIA BACKED DOMAIN NAME HIJACK ATTEMPT | WORLD’S FOREMOST DOMAIN NAME CYBERSQUATTERS DISCOVERED HIDING IN PLAIN SIGHT | #ICANN How Is A Company That Is Hoarding Over 2 Million Domain Names NOT A CYBERSQUATTER? How Does That Work? How Could THEY Not Be Infringing On Trademarks? Turns Out They Were | 6–21–2020 Any Errors? Omissions? Email DaileyPike@msn.com for prompt correction. 6–8–2021 No Response From Warner Media
OVERVIEW: Going back to Groucho and A Night In Casablanca, Warner Media has always thought they have a right to own everything because…Warner Media. Even NOW 6/14/2021https://pitchfork.com/news/the-jesus-and-mary-chain-sue-warner-music-group-for-copyright-infringement/ CLICK HERE FOR MORE HISTORICAL CONTEXT
Warner Media constantly claims copyright infringement like the little boy who cried wolf, yet it is Warner Media that kept the song Happy Birthday out of the public domain for over half a century. READ ABOUT IT HERE
Below is current context. I get these notices weekly for music I have licensed. The content is immediately blocked. Warner Media is IP Police, Judge, and Jury.
SYNOPSIS: In March of 2020 I was contacted by Warner Media via their agent TrueCommerce.com claiming I was infringing on their “House Of The Dragon” registered trademark. There was and is no registered House Of The Dragon trademark as of June 2020. Many applications have been filed including by me, but there is no registered trademark.
Warner Media claimed I was cybersquatting on a domain name THEY owned, HouseOfTheDragon.com
This, even though they were well aware I bought it in October 2019 at a public, domain name auction, run by… TrueCommerce. Warner Media didn’t own it then. They don’t own it now.
After first producing a phony TrueCommerce purchase order for the domain name that didn’t even have the HBO/Warner name on it, Warner Media then claimed I only obtained it thru a mistake, a technical error, and they refused to even consider purchasing it from me.
They threatened me with a lawsuit, attorney’s fees, the works, if I didn’t turn over the domain name. Please visit http://HouseOfTheDragon.com I’m using the domain to help folks.
GLAMORIZING FANTASY INCEST is what Warner Media wants to use it for. MORE CLICK HERE
FADE IN:
TurnCommerce.com Domain Name Investment Company | HugeDomains.com Domain Name Auction Company | NameBright.com Domain Name Registrar | Dropcatch.com Expired Domain Name 1200 Different llc Vacuum | All Owned By Jeff & Andrew Reberry
Just Discovered Court Records Reveal HBO/Warner Domain Broker Jeff Reberry Accused Of And Settled CYBERSQUATTING Case In 2016
“…arising out of the unlawful registration, use, and trafficking in of a domain name… with a bad faith intent to profit.”
1:16-cv-00201-PLM-PJG Stardust Memorials, LLC v. Reberry et al
Read What Ripoff Report Has To Say About Jeff Reberry’s Huge Domains https://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/specific_search/huge%20domains
Jeff’s brother Andrew Reberry is his partner.
https://twitter.com/artfulretro
Read The Better Business Bureau Reviews Of Andrew And Jeffrey Reberry’s Turn Commerce
https://www.bbb.org/us/co/denver/profile/web-hosting/turncommerce-inc-0885-90006713/customer-reviews
Turn Commerce is a domain investment company, owner of over 2 MILLION domain names who created their own ICANN Domain Registrar company http://NameBright.com
That’s pretty convenient in a Fox guarding the Auction House way?
https://domainnamewire.com/2013/10/14/namebright-domain-registrar/
Andrew & Jeffrey also own DropCatch.com an expired domain name vacuum. If this isn’t CYBERSQUATTING what is?
Read about that here. https://domaingang.com/domain-news/dropcatch-auctions-updates-on-allegations-of-fraudulent-domain-bidding-activities/
Some more info on DropCatch.com
https://www.namepros.com/threads/dropcatch-com-stole-my-backordered-domain.950904/page-3
https://www.namepros.com/threads/fraud-with-snapnames-com-and-dropcatch-com.973103/page-2
https://www.namepros.com/threads/dropcatch-bidder-verification-hits-new-lows.1046464/
https://www.namepros.com/threads/more-fraudulent-bidding-activity-at-dropcatch-com.1047366/page-13
http://www.abdulbasit.com/domaining...ackordering-company-with-worst-possible-issue
Click the link below to over 1200 Dropcatch.com llc separate corporations starting with Dropcatch.com llc 1000 Dropcatch.com llc 1001 etc… Why? Who needs 1200 corporations to do business?
It’s ludicrous to think someone with millions of domain names isn’t infringing some company’s trademark that the infringed party isn’t even aware of.
https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_co?action=search_companies&commit=Go&controller=searches&inactive=false&order=&q=dropcatch.com&utf8=%E2%9C%93
Scroll down on this link to see number of domains owned by each Dropcatch.com llc
https://features.icann.org/compliance/registrars-list
And to make sure they cover all the bases, they’re a member of the ICA, an organization that protects domain name owners. #irony
The Internet Commerce Association (ICA) is a non-profit advocating for the rights and interests of domain name owners and related service providers.
https://www.internetcommerce.org/
So There Is No Confusion, Dragon Fashion® and the website www.HouseOfTheDragon.com(tm) have no connection to HBO, Warner Media, or any of their shows. We sell swimwear.
It was this email from Jeff Rebbery of Turn Commerce that got the old reverse domain hijacking ball rollin’ with his threats.
FADE IN:
INT. DAY — VAN NUYS CALIFORNIA — MY EMAIL INBOX — FOUR MONTHS AFTER I BOUGHT THE DOMAIN NAME AND HAD BEEN USING IT IN COMMERCE
Ms. Pike,
We have been in contact with Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) regarding your purchase and registration of the domain HouseOfTheDragon.com
It has become clear that you purchased this domain with the express intent of selling this domain to HBO for a financial gain based upon HBOs various trademarks and upcoming show by the same term. This is in violation of Federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), which provides for statutory damages of up to $100,000 damage for HBO.
HBO will aggressively pursue action against you both via UDRP arbitration and in federal court to seek transfer of the domain. You will be liable for up to $100,000 in statutory damages and reimbursement for their attorney’s fees and costs — which have already started.
Jeffrey Reberry
2635 Walnut Street
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 478–5206
jeff@turncommerce.com
So the question is why would a Domain Registrar who via GoDaddy sold me the domain name I bought, be threatening me with legal action? #ICANN… should a Registrar be threatening a UDRP?
I asked that question of ICANN and I’m waiting to hear back.
A Complaint Has Been Filed With The Attorney General Of The State Of Colorado
Doesn’t HBO have lawyers? SPOILER ALERT: Why yes, yes they do.
Warner Bros IP Lawyer McMurtry… HBO IP Lawyer Mellon No Shame? Why Are You And Turn Commerce’s Jeffrey & Andrew Reberry Trying To Reverse Hijack My HouseOfTheDragon.com Domain Name?
Why Do You Let Them Claim Trademarks Exist When They Don’t?
It’s Hard To Accept The Truth When Your Paycheck Depends On Not Accepting It | Judge And Jury Warner’s IP Entitlement Arrogance Makes Them Think They OWN EVERYTHING | I Call Them COPYRACKETEERS | They Even Have Their Own Private Outsourced Pseudo Government Copyright/USPTO Office aka CONTENT ID COPYFRAUD COPS To Strong Arm Folks | But Warner Chappel Recording Artists Have Been Sued For IP Infringement MORE THAN ANYONE | Can You Say NICKELBACK? DRE? LAMAR? AD INFINITUM AD NAUSEUM
Read About TRADEMARK BULLYING https://www.ipwatchdog.com/2015/07/16/trademark-bullying-defending-your-brand-or-vexatious-business-tactics/id=59155/
“…unreasonable interpretations may also include falsely aggrandizing the strength of the owner’s mark, exaggerating the mark’s scope of protection, or misrepresenting the likelihood of consumer confusion in the marketplace.”
Some Examples https://www.techdirt.com/blog/?tag=trademark+bullying
THE “PROOF” OF LAWYER MCMURTRY’S CLAIM HBO OWNED THE DOMAIN NAME BELOW | TWO EMAILS WITHOUT HBO/WARNER’S NAME ON THEM.
From: McMurtry, Rick <Rick.McMurtry@turner.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: The Domain Is Not For Sale I Am Using It And Have Been Since I Bought It
Dear Mr. Pike,
I have provided below the e-mail received by Mark Monitor, HBO’s domain name registrar, from Huge Domains confirming purchase of HOUSEOFTHEDRAGONS.com, along with the attached receipt for that purchase. This is what we have in our possession that demonstrates proof of HBO’s prior purchase of the domain name.
From: sales@hugedomains.com
To: “HugeDomains Sales” <sales@hugedomains.com>
Date: 10/29/2019 6:46:26 PM
Subject: Domain Order Information
Thank you for your purchase at HugeDomains.com. We will be sending you a second email with further instructions within the next 24 to 72 hours to let you know where you will be able to access your new domain. Keep checking your email and be sure to keep an eye on your spam folder as our messages sometimes end up there.
Order #: 18402662
Domains:
HouseOfTheDragon.com $2,395.00
CO Tax: $0.00
Order Total: $2,395.00
Contact Information
Name: Kevin M Pearl
Email: domainservices@markmonitor.com
Phone: +1.2086851778
Address: 3540 E. Longwing Ln
City: Meridian
State: Idaho
Zip: 83646
Country: United States
That’s it, that’s the proof. An invoice from one Registrar to another Registrar. HugeDomains.com hung onto this domain for three years offering it at auction.
Why Rick didn’t you threaten them before you threatened me thru them?
Why did you wait until March to contact me thru IP lawyer wannabe Jeffrey Reberry? Could it be you were waiting until HBO Lawyer Mellon’s Notice Of Allowances filed on trademarks passed the Opposition period? If you had alerted me earlier I might have filed a Notice Of Opposition? You’ll have to answer that.
Your email is dated March 11, 2020. The USPTO Notice Of Allowance on Lawyer Mellon’s trademark applications is… wait for it… March 10, 2020. As the Church Lady said, “Isn’t that special.”
How is there a “likelihood of confusion” with a trademark that isn’t registered and a show that won’t air until 2022. There’s no trademark/show to be confused with.
#cmonson #doesnotpassthelaughtest #somemagicthinkingthereboy
A Complaint Has Been Filed With General Counsel State Bar Of Georgia
4–7–2020 House Of The Dragon (tm) Promoting #Foodbanks Has Sent 7200 Bottles Of #Soyracha #Vinegaroon #HouseOfTheDragon #HotSauce To Food Banks In Denver, New Orleans, And New York. ATLANTA Food Bank Soon!
“If it is not true do not say it, if it is not right do not do it.” Marcus Aurelius — That Guy In The Gladiator Movie
The TRUTH Is HBO/Warner Media Had No More Right To The Domain Name HouseOfTheDragon.com Than Anyone Else Did.
The TRUTH Is HBO/Warner Media Have No More Right Than Anyone Else To Trademark “House Of The Dragon” With The USPTO If Available In An International Class Where No Registraton/Application Exists.
The TRUTH Is ANY CLAIMS OF TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT YOU MAKE ONCE A REGISTRATION ISSUES ON BEHALF OF HBO IS TAINTED BY YOUR UNDERHANDED BEHAVIOR IN THIS INSTANCE.
This Is Evidenced By The USPTO’s Own Action In Suspending Two Of HBO Lawyer Mellon’s Applications.
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn88673060&docId=SUL20191210122257#docIndex=0&page=1
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn88673088&docId=SUL20191210122153#docIndex=0&page=1
The TRUTH Is Your Behavior Lawyer McMurtry, Your Behavior Lawyer Mellon, Continues A PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR on behalf of Warner/HBO.
Why Lawyer McMurtry Didn’t You Contact Me Back On December 10, 2019, a little over a month after my registration of the domain name HouseOfTheDragon.com? Why did you wait until ONE DAY after the Notices Of Allowance On March 10, 2020?
NOW SOME INFORMATION, HISTORY, AND CONTEXT! THEN ON WITH THE SHOW!! WARNER MEDIA YOU NEED TO CLEAN UP YOUR IP DEPARTMENT
4–6–2020 WARNER DROPPED THEIR CLAIM ON FACEBOOK — A CLAIM THAT NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE FIRST PLACE
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/warner-bros-cant-escape-hotfiles-633727
CUT TO: EXT. SPRING — VIVALDI DEAD FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS
About Four Years Ago I Made This Film When Copyracketeers Claimed Vivaldi From Some Poor Guy | You Know Rites Of Spring, Powder Wig, Dead Several Hundred Years Vivaldi, Yeah, That Guy | This Fella Explains The CONTENT ID SYSTEM Much Better Than I Could
Some may ask “Who is this idiot thinking he knows anything about trademark and copyright law?”
Fair question.
My idiocy which continues to this day, started in 2005. I represented myself in court as a plaintiff pro se in a trademark dispute before the oldest living federal court Judge, The Honorable But Now Departed Manuel Real.
Pike, Dailey PLAINTIFF 2:2005cv08109 Dailey Pike v. CafePress.com Inc California Central District Court 11/14/2005
Same idiot started as a standup comic at the Comedy Store in the 80’s, was a top warmup comic in the 90’s for Drew, Ellen, Arsenio, and many more. Jazz photographer whose photos have appeared in Vogue Italy, award winning jazz documentary filmmaker. Over four decades creating. Check my Independent Movie Database listing.
IMDB https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0683205/
THIS STORY IS MY RIGHT OF PETITION AND FREE SPEECH IN CONNECTION WITH PARTICIPATION IN A PUBLIC ISSUE | COPYFRAUD — MARKFRAUD — IP ENFORCEMENT OVERREACH — A PSEUDO GOVT CONTENT ID “COPYRACKET” SYSTEM CREATED BY CORPORATE GIANTS BYPASSING THE LEGAL SYSTEM
ANY UNTRUTHS, CORRECTIONS, OR ERRORS EMAIL DAILEYPIKE@MSN.COM FOR QUICK ACTION OR POST A RESPONSE HERE ON MEDIUM
#Copyfraud and its cousin #Markfraud refer to the use of false claims of copyright & trademark so as to control a work which is not under one’s legal control.
Copyfraud — Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Copyfraud
In September 2015, the court granted summary judgement ruling that Warner/Chappell’s copyright claim was invalid, and that the song is in the public domain, …
The graphics below are from one of Dragon’s first experiences with Warner, the folks who want to own everything, years ago on YouTube, the enablers of the nefarious CID or Content ID system.
AKA the Warner Media Pseudo USPTO/Copyright Office
They OVERREACH with their claims because Warner wants to stifle free speech, critique, comment, and parody, and keep works out of the public domain.
Happy Biebin’ Birthday To Us.
I have documentation of hundreds, yes hundreds, of false copyright claims, by Judge and Jury Warner thru their Content ID cops, against me personally yet not a SINGLE ONE upheld after appeal on YouTube.
This unfair non-judicial process ASSUMES the creator’s GUILT not INNOCENCE.
The same thing is happening to ME, on Facebook, currently and regularly with films in the public domain “muted” by Judge and Jury Warner.
COPYFRAUD and MARKFRAUD claimants like Warner, collect the royalties, unjustly enriching themselves, when those accused don’t respond. I call it Copyfraud and Markfraud, they call it “royalty attribution.” Wow, that make it sound all legal and all.
If it were a song it’s title would be “Smells Like Class Action”
ALL Warner Copyright Claims REJECTED On Video Above And Movie Below
Most Public Domain Of Public Domain films, NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Copyfraud claims on YouTube. Removed with NO NOTICE by Warner Bots while I was showing it LIVE on Facebook and doing commentary.
NOW ON WITH THE SHOW! FROM THE PEOPLE THAT GAVE YOU COPYFRAUD, MARKFRAUD, NOW COMES REVERSE DOMAIN HIJACKING
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_domain_hijacking
House Of The Dragon dot com The Domain Name The Movie
The Domain Name I Bought FAIR & SQUARE… Despite The Spurious Claims That Are Made In Emails Below.
I own actual USPTO REGISTERED Dragon trademarks. Dragon Fashion® and Dragon Fashion TV® my 24/7 fashion LIVESTREAM.
On October 29, 2019 I bought the HouseOfTheDragon.com domain via GoDaddy from Jeff Reberry’s HUGE DOMAINS for over $2400 and by early November started using it for my business website.
The domain was in the PUBLIC DOMAIN and available for anyone to buy. Huge Domains had been offering it for sale for several years.
http://HouseOfTheDragon.com
I never offered it for sale, or contacted anyone about selling it. The only contact was from GoDaddy saying they had an interested buyer, and then Jeff Reberry of Huge Domains saying he knew the folks at HBO and would negotiate on my behalf.
Then Jeff turns around and accuses me, using all sorts of defamatory language, of being a Cybersquatter, which seems to be a bit of projection on his part.
Jeff Reberry Accused Of And Settled CYBERSQUATTING Case In 2016
“…arising out of the unlawful registration, use, and trafficking in of a domain name… with a bad faith intent to profit.”
1:16-cv-00201-PLM-PJG Stardust Memorials, LLC v. Reberry et al
The irony is SIX DAYS LATER, after my October 29, 2019 purchase, on November 4, 2019 I tried to get my money back because the TRANSFER was taking so long. Would a “cybersquatter” do that? Here’s the email.
Re: HouseOfTheDragon.com
Dailey Pike
Mon 11/4/2019 12:45 PM
· Mike G. Fear
Mike, let’s cancel this. I’m not that patient.
Thanks and please let me know when it’s done.
So to be clear, I am cancelling the domain.purchase.
Best,
Dailey
I was told the purchase could not be cancelled.
Again, the domain was in the PUBLIC DOMAIN and available for anyone to buy. Huge Domains had been offering it for sale for several years.
So a rhetorical question Lawyer McMurtry. Why didn’t you buy HouseOfTheDragon.TV? Yours is a TV show, right? This Panamanian domain name broker is the registrar. It’s creation date is 10–30–2019.
Domain name: houseofthedragon.tv
Registry Domain ID: 145216130_DOMAIN_TV-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 0001-01-01T00:00:00.00Z
Creation Date: 2019-10-30T07:30:01.00Z
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2020-10-30T07:30:01.00Z
Registrar: NAMECHEAP INC
Registrar IANA ID: 1068
Registrar Abuse Contact Email:@namecheap.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.6613102107
Reseller: NAMECHEAP INC
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: WhoisGuard Protected
Registrant Organization: WhoisGuard, Inc.
Registrant Street: P.O. Box 0823-03411
Registrant City: Panama
Registrant State/Province: Panama
Registrant Postal Code:
Registrant Country: PA
Where’s the due diligence to protect your alleged trademark? Why didn’t you purchase that domain name the day of the announcement? Or before that?
Yours is an HBO show, right? Where’s a speck of the due diligence you should have exhibited to protect your alleged trademark, by buying THIS domain? It was available TWO FULL MONTHS after the announcement of the show.
houseofthedragon.show
Domain:houseofthedragon.show
Registrar:Dynadot, LLC
Registered On:2019–12–30
Expires On:2020–12–30
Updated On:2020–01–04
Status:clientTransferProhibited
Name Servers:ns1.dynadot.com
ns2.dynadot.com
I also own HouseOfTheDragon.me | HouseOfTheDragon.online | Dragon.Casa | HouseOfTheDragon.Theater HouseOfTheDragon.Games
And HouseOfTheDragon.movie
The last domain name I just bought because I’m making a film about this sordid shakedown. Yay! Inspired by YOU Rick and YOU Jeff.
ALL of the domain names above could have been purchased by HBO before I bought them. A couple of them I JUST BOUGHT.
It looks like this was a rushed, last minute announcement of a prequel whose title had only recently been thought about.
Warner Media and HBO didn’t performed even the first and most simple method to protect your alleged trademark. Registering domain names at a fraction of the cost it would take you to pursue legal action after someone bought them.
Simple due diligence didn’t occur. You, Warner Media, HBO, made zero effort to protect your alleged trademark until months after I bought the domain name. Isn’t that your duty? Why the incompetence?
Why is it Ryan Mellon, HBO trademark attorney, waited until October 29, 2019 to file a trademark application? That would seem incompetent unless EVERYONE WAS CAUGHT OFF GUARD BY THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE SHOW AND ITS NAME.
I don’t think Ryan Mellon is incompetent.
However, I don’t know how he could swear in a trademark application, there were no conflicting marks that might cause confusion, when he had to be aware of the previous applied for trademark by an Australian company. If he was unaware of the prior trademark applicastion, where’s HIS due dilgence? It has to be one or the other. Well two suspensions later for Ryan and…
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn88673060&docId=SUL20191210122257#docIndex=0&page=1
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn88673088&docId=SUL20191210122153#docIndex=0&page=1
And if HBO is considering a UDRP complaint it will be viewed by me as REVERSE DOMAIN HIJACKING and I’ll respond so. Be prepared to prove the below.
According to Paragraph 4(a) of the UDRP Policy, the UDRP Administrative Procedure is only available for disputes concerning an alleged abusive registration of a domain name; that is, which meet the following criteria:
(i) the domain name registered by the domain name registrant is identical or confusingly similar to a trademark or service mark in which the complainant (the person or entity bringing the complaint) has rights; AND
(ii) the domain name registrant has no rights or legitimate interests in respect of the domain name in question; AND
(iii) the domain name has been registered and is being used in bad faith
On October 29, 2019 HBO had no registered trademark.
As of March 28, 2020 HBO has two suspended trademark applications, one on hold, and several other pending. NO STATEMENT OF USE HAS BEEN FILED ON ANY OF THEM.
HouseOfTheDragon.com was purchased in a public domain auction. The domain was immediately put to use and is still being use to sell swim wear.
FUN FACT: The book the show is based on is not even titled House Of The Dragon, at least according to Casey Bloys President of HBO Programming, who himself didn’t appear to know the name of the prequel.
“That is a big swing. One of the things about House of Dragons, there is a text, there is a book so that made it a little bit more of a road map for a series order.”
THIS House Of Dragons? Oops! Now There’s A Lawsuit!
House of Dragons? House Of The Dragon? Even Casey couldn’t get it straight.
For the record, George R.R. Martin never wrote a book about housing dragons. Only dancing ones.
Here’s a quote from Rotten Tomatoes January 2020 from George R.R. Martin admitting the name had changed FREQUENTLY.
House of the Dragon, the prequel to HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, is expected in 2022, HBO programming chief Casey Bloys revealed on Wednesday, January 15, to select media outlets at the Television Critics Association winter press tour. WarnerMedia announced that the network picked up the series, based on author George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series and its companion materials, to investors in late October 2019.
“House of the Dragon has been in development for several years (though the title has changed a couple of times during that process),” Martin wrote on his blog in response to news of the series pickup. “It was actually the first concept I pitched to HBO when we started talking about a successor show, way back in the summer of 2016.”
In fact, in September 2019, not a mention was made of the title in a Deadline story. https://deadline.com/2019/09/house-targaryen-prequel-game-of-thrones-series-ryan-condal-george-rr-martin-hbo-1202732221/
PLOT TWIST | THERE ARE NO COINCIDENCES SOMEONE SAID | HUGE DOMAINS | HouseOfDragons.com CURRENTLY FOR SALE
LAWYER MCMURTRY WHY AREN’T YOU THREATENING TO SUE JEFF REBERRY? THIS DOMAIN SEEMS CONFUSINGLY SIMILAR. OR BUY THIS ONE, CASEY SEEMED TO LIKE IT.
As Far As I Can Tell The HouseOfTheDragon.com Cybersquatter Was… Huge Domains Cybersquatting For A Big Auction Payday | Warner/HBO Has NEVER Owned The Domain Name
HOW COULD THE HOUSEOFTHEDRAGON.COM DOMAIN NAME HAVE EVER BEEN IN WARNER/HBO’S PORTFOLIO AS YOU CLAIM — IF HUGE DOMAINS HAS BEEN TRYING TO AUCTION IT SINCE 2017?
ANSWER THAT QUESTION.
OKAY BACK TO THE SHOW | HOUSE OF THE DRAGON dot com THE DOMAIN NAME THE MOVIE
Below is LIVE REAL TIME ANIMATED SOYRACHA DRAGON announcing House Of The Dragon dot com The Domain Name The Movie on AMAZON LIVE https://www.amazon.com/live/channel/cfa6f99e-84fe-4996-a1b6-b8e561a737b2
Official Trailer House Of The Dragon dot com The Domain Name The Movie
AND NOW ON WITH THE SHOW!!
Lawyer McMurtry the SECOND email from your acknowledged agent Jeff Reberry of Huge Domains was a wealth of Bullbieb meant to bully and intimidate, to do your dirty work, so I’d sell my domain name HouseOfTheDragon.com No Shame?
Just below, the first email I got from Jeff after I bought the domain name, and had been using it for months. Yes, if HBO wanted to buy the domain name I would sell it, so what?
As documented, I own several House Of The Dragon TLDs which I could use instead for my swim wear line. So if HBO wanted my HouseOfTheDragon.com domain name I’d sell it.
Jeff Reberry’s first email is an unscrupulous, ham handed attempt to gather incriminating evidence for Jeff’s second email.
Turns out this FIRST EMAIL was just a setup to shanghai my domain name.
The date of this email is February 7, 2020. I bought the domain October 29, 2019.
Lawyer McMurtry, did YOU know about this first email? Were you in it from the start?
In my response to Jeff I affirmed NOTHING is his first email, my response was only a few words.
From: jeff@turncommerce.com <jeff@turncommerce.com>
Sent: Friday, February 7, 2020 2:25 PM
To: DaileyPike@msn.com <DaileyPike@msn.com>
Subject: Potential offer on HouseOfTheDragon.com
Ms. Pike,
My name is Jeff Reberry and I am a domain name broker for HugeDomains and we work with AfterNic/Godaddy. I understand from my contacts there that you are only interested in selling the HouseOfTheDragon.com domain name to HBO because it will be most valuable to them because of their new show and that you are looking to get $50,000 for the domain. I can’t make any promises but HBO has bought domain names from us before and I think that they will be interested in this domain name. Can you confirm that you will sell the domain for $50,000 to them? If so, I will reach out to my contact there and see if I can get it done. Please note that my fees would be paid by the buyer (HBO) not the seller (you). Please let me know.
Thank you,
Jeff Reberry
CUT TO: WEEKS LATER
Here’s the second email from Jeff Reberry of Huge Domains, based on completely false assumptions, that I received later.
NOW, says Jeff, I’m a Cybersquatter/Infringer.
Jeff was trying to literally set me up, to frame me. Wow, like out of a 1920’s Warner movie. The shakedown is obvious in this second email.
From: jeff@turncommerce.com <jeff@turncommerce.com>
Sent: Friday, February 28, 2020 8:56 AM
To: ‘Dailey Pike’ <daileypike@msn.com>
Subject: RE: Potential offer on HouseOfTheDragon.com
The $50,000 was not an offer. I was confirming what you communicated to GoDaddy regarding the domain houseofthedragon.com and that you only wanted to sell this domain name to HBO.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: Jeff clearly mentions a “potential offer” in his first email but now denies doing so.
I wanted to get on the phone about regarding the below message.
Ms. Pike,
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: Hmmm… that would be MR. Pike.
We have been in contact with Home Box Office, Inc. (HBO) regarding your purchase and registration of the domain http://HouseOfTheDragon.com
It has become clear that you purchased this domain with the express intent of selling this domain to HBO for a financial gain based upon HBOs various trademarks and upcoming show by the same term. This is in violation of Federal Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), which provides for statutory damages of up to $100,000 damage for HBO.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: What trademarks? HBO doesn’t have one. They’ve been turned down. #Markfraud
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn88673060&docId=SUL20191210122257#docIndex=0&page=1
http://tsdr.uspto.gov/documentviewer?caseId=sn88673088&docId=SUL20191210122153#docIndex=0&page=1
The facts in the matter are as follows:
- Your actions violate the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) Uniform Domain-Name Dispute-Resolution Policy (UDRP), specifically UDRP Policy, 4(a)(iii), and 4(b)(i) and (iv).
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: It is HBO, Warner Media, Huge Domains, Jeff Reberry who are trying to hijack my name. It’s called REVERSE DOMAIN HIJACKING. That’s what YOU are guilty of.
- The Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (ACPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d), is a U.S. law enacted in 1999 that established a cause of action for registering, trafficking in, or using a domain name confusingly similar to, or dilutive of, a trademark. Your actions are in direct violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d).
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: Neither Warner Media or HBO owned.owns a registered trademark for House of the Dragon as of 3–27–2020.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: HBO has no House Of The Dragon trademark and several of their applications have been suspended because of Likelihood Of Confusion with a prior trademark registrant. No trademark for HBO. Not only do I have a Dragon trademark, I have over 2 MILLION FANS ON FACEBOOK.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: Yes, a Notice Of Allowance has been issued for several of HBO’s Intent To Use (b) applications but only on March 10, 2020. TO MY KNOWLEDGE NO STATEMENT OF USE HAS BEEN FILED. Even after a Statement of Use has been filed it’s several months before it registers. So as of October 29, 2019 and March 10th, 2020, HBO had zero registered trademarks.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: I bought the domain name in October and began using it in early November for my registered trademark Dragon Fashion® selling swimwear at at a major show at the Anaheim Convention Center. Watch the ad I ran below. It’s one of many.
- You purchased the HouseOfTheDragon.com domain only hours after HBO announced the prequel to the popular show Game of Thrones.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: What does Game Of Thrones have to do with this? And what does it matter when I bought the domain name. HBO could have bought it before that. Should everyone wait to see if HBO wants something before they buy it? The show won’t even be on air until 2022.
“House of the Dragon, HBO’s straight-to-series prequel to Game Of Thrones, is on track for a 2022 debut, HBO President of Programming Casey Bloys said in an interview with Deadline during TCA.”
“My guess is sometime in 2022,” he said about when the series will premiere, stressing that it is too early to be more specific than that.”
- You have expressly acknowledged to a GoDaddy domain broker that you are only willing to sell the domain if HBO was the buyer — because they have a new show coming out and the domain would be the most valuable to HBO — and nobody else. You also indicated you did not want to discuss selling the domain to anyone else — unless it was HBO that was inquiring. You further stated that you were willing to sell the domain in the amount of $50,000 to HBO. All of these statements prove your intent to abuse HBO’s Intellectual Property and try to profit off of their rights in the term.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: How would YOU know what I talked about with GoDaddy?
- The domain HouseOfTheDragon.com is identical to HBO’s trademark, in fact it is the exact trademarked phrase HBO currently holds.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: HBO currently holds no trademark, this is a lie. #Markfraud
- You are taking advantage of HBO’s copyrighted work by choosing to use dragons and stock footage that resembles HBO’s Game of Thrones characters on the current site, all of which has been screenshotted during HBO’s investigation into this matter. This further corroborates your intent to infringe on HBO’s marks in your quest to profit off of their goodwill.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: This has nothing to do with Game Of Thrones. No trademark, no goodwill. #Markfraud
You will want to review 15 U.S. Code § 1125(d) as your actions demonstrate a bad faith intent to profit from HBO’s trademark. We strongly advise you to reach out to an Intellectual Property Attorney and seek your own legal opinion on this matter.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: I bought the domain on October 29th. By November 4 it wasn’t transfered, I was tired of waiting and asked to CANCEL THE SALE. I was refused.
Let me repeat, I tried to cancel the sale.
You’ve seen the emails I sent trying to cancel the sale. That is hardly the act of a cybersquatter acting in bad faith. You KNOW THIS.
So does Lawyer McMurtry.
You Jeff are the one who may need an attorney. You can’t just extort people. That’s what you’re doing in my opinion.
HBO will aggressively pursue action against you both via UDRP arbitration and in federal court to seek transfer of the domain. You will be liable for up to $100,000 in statutory damages and reimbursement for their attorney’s fees and costs — which have already started.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: How much in attorneys fees have I rung up so far Jeff? You seem to have all the answers.
We have been discussing an amicable way to resolve this matter with HBO.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: You Jeff are the one who may need to resolve matters with HBO.
In exchange for $5,000 to offset the amount you have paid to acquire this domain name, you will agree to transfer the domain name HouseOfTheDragon.com. We believe this is a win-win situation and this one time offer ($5,000 to you) is more than reasonable, and will avoid a costly legal battle. HBO continues to reserve all legal rights and is able to pursue any and all legal recourse and remedies should you not accept this offer.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: Jeff, if this isn’t a shakedown, what is?
This is straight out of a 40’s Warner movie where the gangsters go into a store to sell “insurance” to the store owner because without “insurance” who knows what will happen.
I spent more than $5000 just to rent the booth at the swimwear trade show in Anaheim referenced above.
Please respond by Friday, March 6th and let me know how you would like to proceed. Should you not agree, HBO will move forward and aggressively pursue the legal against you as your actions and statements have provided ample evidence of your bad faith intentions in registering houseofdragon.com and are causing direct harm to their business by cybersquatting on this domain. Again, this is a very serious matter and one we highly suggest you consult with an intellectual property attorney.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: Your email was written in bad faith. You are a bad, duplicitous player in the world of Domain Brokers. I’ve filed a complaint with ICANN.
If you have any questions, please reach out to me using the contact information listed below.
Thank you,
Jeffrey Reberry
2635 Walnut Street
Denver, CO 80205
(303) 478–5206
Well first off as I indicated It’s Mr. Pike and B, nothing else in the email was true.
Yet, you Lawyer McMurtry blithely adopted the non lawyer’s threatening email. The one that claimed non-existent trademarks on Warner Media’s behalf. #Markfraud
And you Lawyer McMurtry began the FALSE NARRATIVE that HBO registered the domain name before I did. They didn’t. At least according to ICANN.
But you know what they say, repeat a lie enough times… which you did throughout our several dozen email exchanges. What’s in this story is just the greatest hits.
“… we agree with his analysis…” No Shame?
Dear Mr. Pike,
Thank you for your emails regarding HOUSEOFTHEDRAGON.com to my colleague, Ryan Mellon, who forwarded the below correspondence to me. I can confirm that Mr. Reberry is an employee of TurnCommerce and is a domain name purchasing agent for HBO. While Mr. Reberry does not speak on behalf of HBO, we agree with his analysis regarding your intentions in registering the domain name and your legal liability for such registration and subsequent actions. To the extent that it matters, you should note that HBO did in fact register this domain name before you did and it is only due to a transmission error that you were able to purchase it.
We would like to resolve this issue amicably. To that end, our preference would be that you are able to come to a reasonable financial arrangement with Mr. Reberry.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: I’m supposed to negotiate with the fella extorting me?
If, however, a reasonable arrangement is not reached by Wednesday, March 11, 2020, we will need to consider our legal remedies to recover this domain name.
Thank you,
Rick D. McMurtry
The problem, as you are aware Lawyer McMurtry, is the House Of The Dragon trademark Jeff Reberry refers to doesn’t exist. In fact, HBO’S applications have been suspended by the USPTO. No shame? #Markfraud
So when I pointed that out Lawyer McMurtry, your story changed.
You now said thru your agent Jeff Reberry it was some kind of “technical” error. Along with more threats. No shame? #Bullbeib
From: jeff@turncommerce.com <jeff@turncommerce.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 7, 2020 4:13 PM
To: ‘Dailey Pike’ <daileypike@msn.com>; ‘McMurtry, Rick’
Subject: RE: Lawyer McMurtry | Lawyer Mellon | Jeff The Extorter | Thanks For The Inspiration
Dailey,
HBO had ownership and control of this domain before your purchase. You are not the valid owner. This was a technical error and you should have never been able to purchase this domain.
Most importantly, you purchased this domain in bad faith — only hours after HBO’s announcement. You further voluntarily admitted that you only wanted to sell this domain to HBO — and nobody else.
I strongly advise you speak with an intellectual property attorney. From your correspondence it does not appear you have sought any legal advice, and I do believe you would benefit greatly from being well informed regarding the laws, rules and regulations surrounding trademarks and intellectual property.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: More threats about an imaginary infringement and some advice from Jeff The Extorter.
The fact remains that you are infringing on their trademark. I’m 100% confident HBO will recover this domain name. You will end up in federal court and this domain will be recovered by HBO. You will very likely end up paying their attorney fees and be liable up to $100,000 in statutory sanctions — in addition to your own attorney fees. You really need to speak with an attorney.
Our offer was simple — to resolve this amicably — in exchange for $5,000 you transfer the domain back to HBO. We will give you until next Wednesday to resolve this matter outside of the courts. Please let us know by 5:00pm MST on March 11th, 2020 if you wish to proceed.
If you do not agree, have fun working with HBO on this matter.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: I guess after starting all this you’re just going to wash your hands of it all. Now that’s comedy.
Thank you,
Jeff Reberry
303.478.5206
THREE DAYS LATER after Jeff Reberry threatened to take me to Federal Court over a trademark that DOES NOT EXIST, you Lawyer McMurtry wanted to “share your perspective.”
From: McMurtry, Rick <Rick.McMurtry@turner.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2020 8:29 AM
To: Dailey Pike <daileypike@msn.com>
Subject: RE: NEW SCENE | House Of The Dragon dot com The Domain Name The Movie
Mr. Pike,
Are you available for a quick call later today? If so, could you share a number at which I can reach you? I can also set up a dial-in number if you prefer.
I’d like to share with you my perspective on this issue and discuss whether there’s an opportunity for us to resolve it. As I noted in my earlier correspondence, HBO did in fact purchase the domain name prior to its announcement of the Game of Thrones prequel under that name. It was Mr. Reberry’s company, Huge Domains (which I understand to be a subsidiary of TurnCommerce), that wrongly resold the domain name to you, taking it out of HBO’s account.
DAILEY PIKE SAYS: HBO NEVER OWNED THE DOMAIN NAME SO THERE’S NOTHING TO RECOVER
HBO will not be paying any money to recover the domain name (other than potentially litigation costs); however, Huge Domains/TurnCommerce has offered to do so, given their error. I think it would be worthwhile for us to discuss alternatives and potentially working together to resolve this issue.
Thanks,
Rick
So as you see Rick, you gave up the infringement angle since there is no trademark. No mention of any trademark.
Below is your “proof” which doesn’t show HBO or Warner as the purchaser of the domain name. You can’t provide a single document that lists HBO or Warner as the owner of the domain.
After the more conciliatory tone of your previous email, back to the threats. No shame?
From: McMurtry, Rick <Rick.McMurtry@turner.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2020 9:06 AM
To: Dailey Pike <daileypike@msn.com>; jeff@turncommerce.com <jeff@turncommerce.com>
Subject: Re: The Domain Is Not For Sale I Am Using It And Have Been Since I Bought It
Dear Mr. Pike,
I have provided below the e-mail received by Mark Monitor, HBO’s domain name registrar, from Huge Domains confirming purchase of HOUSEOFTHEDRAGONS.com, along with the attached receipt for that purchase. This is what we have in our possession that demonstrates proof of HBO’s prior purchase of the domain name.
As I see it, you have two options. The first is to negotiate with Mr. Reberry to sell the domain name. His company has agreed to re-purchase the domain name for HBO, given it’s error in reselling it to you after initially selling it to HBO. I am happy to assist you with those negotiations if you like. As I stated, HBO will not be paying for the domain name, as HBO did nothing wrong here. HBO purchased the domain name hours before its announcement of the Game of Thrones prequel by that name and received the below confirmation of its purchase. It is Huge Domains/TurnCommerce that will be funding the purchase price, and I am offering my help on behalf of HBO in negotiating that purchase price. This option of course offers you the guaranteed result of money, and the only question is how much.
Your second option is to refuse to sell the domain name to TurnCommerce. If you refuse to do that, HBO will be forced to file litigation to secure the return of the domain name. While I have no desire to debate with you the merits of our case, I think we can all agree that there are many facts that would support evidence of bad faith, not the least of which is the timing of your registration just hours after HBO’s announcement and your knowledge of that announcement. This option of course carries a high risk that you will receive no money for the domain name, not to mention the time and cost of litigation, which I hope we can both avoid.
Please let me know which of the two above options you wish to pursue.
Thank you,
Rick D. McMurtry
From: sales@hugedomains.com
To: “HugeDomains Sales” <sales@hugedomains.com>
Date: 10/29/2019 6:46:26 PM
Subject: Domain Order Information
Thank you for your purchase at HugeDomains.com. We will be sending you a second email with further instructions within the next 24 to 72 hours to let you know where you will be able to access your new domain. Keep checking your email and be sure to keep an eye on your spam folder as our messages sometimes end up there.
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Lawyer McMurtry that invoice proves nothing. You know that. Warner Bros name isn’t on that invoice. HBO’s name isn’t on that invoice.
Yet it’s hard to accept the truth when your paycheck depends on not accepting it.
So step up Lawyer McMurtry. I’ve been using the domain since I bought it. I bought a domain name legally and legitimately. I started using it in early November 2019. I bought the domain name to use. I have several Dragon trademarks, unlike Warner and HBO.
Your accusations of infringement and cyber squatting were not made until March 2020. And even then YOU didn’t make them yourself, you made them thru an inept surrogate.
Why did it take FOUR MONTHS? How important could that domain be to HBO. How could you Lawyer McMurtry not be on top of this?
Was Jeff Reberry of Huge Domains just stalling, afraid to tell you because he screwed up, and as a result might lose his biggest client? That would make the most sense. Yet you blame ME.
The threat of legal action against me by Warner Media forced me to protect my domain name by filing a trademark FOR THE DOMAIN NAME. https://tsdr.uspto.gov/#caseNumber=88831560&caseType=SERIAL_NO&searchType=statusSearch
If Warner Media had purchased the domain name BEFORE the show was announced, they could have filed for a trademark on the domain name. But you didn’t. And that shows no effort to protect your alleged trademark AND lack of due diligence.
No shame Lawyer McMurtry? No shame?
How do you think that makes YOU look? It’s a question that I hope causes you some introspection.
Is it that important to just WIN?
To have no consideration for what’s RIGHT?
To disregard or ignore the truth?
Brother Rick…
Do what’s right. Help rehab Warner’s image after having kept Happy Birthday out of the public domain for over half a century.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/warner-music-pays-14-million-863120
Have you been an advocate for Warner Media so long you’ve lost any sense of what’s right? Doing the right thing? Doing the honorable thing?
Acknowledge your mistake. That’s how you can resolve this. Don’t blindly defend Huge Domains when you know they caused your problem.
Here’s the motto I try to live by. “If it’s not right do not do it. If it’s not true do not say it.” Marcus Aurelius
So if there is ANYTHING, ANYTHING AT ALL, in this ongoing narrative that is in error or needs correction, my email is below. I’ve made this offer to you in private emails several times, but let me make it public for the record.
Don’t Be Like King Trump | Not Accepting Responsibility For ANYTHING
Yours truly,
Dailey Pike aka Soyracha Dragon since 2014
Any errors or corrections? Email daileypike@msn.com
