Please give my company the rights to the WordPress username ‘avichand’
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My company is called ‘Avi Chand Marketing’. It is a registered business, registered with the Government of India. Our website is http://www.avichand.com. The official Government of India registration certificate is available here: https://i.imgur.com/hAfjUEc.jpg.
Another person, in the exact same business as us – that of Brand Consulting – is using the username ‘avichand’ on WordPress and has the Gravatar profile https://gravatar.com/avichand
This person has no legal claim whatsoever to the name ‘avichand’. It is neither his legal name nor his business or trade name. He has absolutely no reason to use this name. His legal name is Avinash Chandra and his company name is Brandloom. He has NO REASON to squat on https://gravatar.com/avichand
This is a very serious conflict of interest as this person stands to benefit from any paid marketing or paid search engine optimization that we do using our keywords of brand consulting. This will hurt us monetarily as some clients may get confused and inadvertently go to this person.
Furthermore, his person has two identical profiles:
1. https://gravatar.com/avichand
2. https://gravatar.com/chandraavinashHe has no legal claim whatsoever to the name ‘avichand’, which is my company’s website name and business name, as registered with the Government of India.
It is not simply a matter of trademark infringement – this person will benefit from any marketing or search engine optimization that we may do. This will cause us grievous business and monetary harm.
I request WordPress and Automattic to take this matter with the utmost seriousness and give us control of this username and profile as we would like to host our blog on this username and address.
Site: https://avichandco.wordpress.com.
WP.com: Yes
Correct account: Yes -
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Hey there,
We’ll responded to you in the other thread you created here:
https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/can-someone-just-squat-on-my-trademark/
Please respond there with any questions/comments. Thanks!
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