Many GFYers have shown tremendous support and emailed us asking about the status of our legal case against a big L.A. video company - West Coast Productions - that infringed on one of our site names - AssLikeWhoa.com.
I want to give you an update to let everyone know how this was resolved.
The short version: "WE WON BIG!"
Chalk one up for the little guys!
under a legal agreement:
1. West Coast Productions has to pay us for infringing on our ALW name.
2. They have to pay all of our legal costs and fees.
3. They have to pay to RECALL the thousands of their ALW videos that have already reached stores and online outlets.
4. They have to shut down their video line because the name they chose was almost identical to ours.
I really appreciate the support that we got from a lot of GFYers as we fought the legal battle to protect our trademark and to protect our turf.
Big companies like that usually dominate small companies like ours on stuff like this. But we fought like hell to protect our shit and we were ready to go the distance for a long legal fight.
Here is today's article in AVN.com:
http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...tent_ID=234326
And this is a February AVN article where they announced their "new" video line with a name nearly identical to ours:
http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary...tent_ID=218123
It is important that we let all of our affiliates and other business partners know how we handled this situation, because many of you have been a key part of our success. And we are looking forward to working with you in the weeks and months ahead.
Thanks again GFY,
-- Mike
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