The Scientology webring hompage is under attack from Kobrin, Moxon and crew:

Dear ______:

Our office represents Religious Technology Center ("RTC"), the owner of the trademark and service marks of the Scientology religion. These include the following:

(1) "SCIENTOLOGY" which is registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office under registration numbers 1,775,441;

1,540,928; 1,342, 353; 1,329,474; 1,318,717; 1,306,997; and 898018.

It is also registered with the Trade Marks Office in Hull, Canada under registration numbers 214651; 308687; and 430072; and (2) "HCO BADGE" which is registered in Canada under registration number 216669.

We also represent the Church of Scientology International ("CSI"), which is the licensee of these trademarks.

We have been informed that one of your subscribers has placed these marks on his web page on your web site without the authorization of our clients. They can be located under the following URL:

http://www.islandnet.com/~martinh/webring.htm A copy of these marks is attached hereto with the infringements circled.

Your subscriber's use of these trademarks on his web page has caused his name to be falsely associated with our client's registered marks as owner and creates a likelihood of confusion as to source or sponsorship of this web page, in violation of United States state and federal law, including the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. section 1015 et seq., and Canadian trademark laws.

On behalf of our clients, we hereby give you formal notice of our clients' rights in these trademarks and request that your subscriber immediately cease and desist from all unauthorized use of them. This includes removal of these trademark images from his web page and assurances that he will refrain from all future unauthorized use of these marks.

You can contact me at the numbers set forth above or my e-mail address at "ampaquette@aol.com".

Sincerely,
Ava Paquette
Moxon & Kobrin
3055 Wilshire Boulevard
Suite 900
Los Angeles, California 90010
Tel: (213) 487-4468
Fax: (213) 487-5385

2. The use of the very word "Scientology" is, of course, protected.

The webpage is about the Scientology cult.

3. There is no possible comfusion between Scientology and myself;

the webpage is critical of Scientology and opposes Scientology, as do I. Scientology claims to be a religion, not a company that has customers and needs trademark protection in case of commercial confusion. The webpage in question is not commercial in nature, and I derive no profit from exposing and opposing the cult of Scientology. If Scientology is a commercial venture, it should cease all claim to being a religion and pay its taxes like any other corporate entity.

-- Cogito, ergo sum. http://scientologysucks.lron.com Watch Xenu TV: http://www.xenutv.com Go to a protest in your area: http://www.xenu.net/picket/ The premier Scientology webpage: www.xenu.net

Mr. Hamra said, "The Church of Scientology now had a database of information on every subscriber which included names, credit card info., credit reports, telephone info., computer info., who had referred them to Earthlink and who were their previous ISP providers." Mr. Hamra told me about the "other Earthlink building" which was next door on New York Avenue in Pasadena.

Mr. Hamra told me that the other building was high security and is where Earthlink and the Church of Scientology did all the monitoring of the internet. - DECLARATION OF ROBERT J. CIPRIANO.

Unbelievable. :-P

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