full-disclosure - Re: Forgate

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From: dbounds at intrusense.com (Darren Bounds)
Subject: Re: Forgate

Jonathan-

I will officially rename 'Forgate' to '4g8' later this evening.

Good luck with Fortinet Inc. and 'Fortigate' for that matter.


Regards,

Darren Bounds, CISSP
Intrusense LLC.
http://www.intrusense.com

--
Intrusense - Securing Business As Usual


On Jan 26, 2004, at 4:02 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> Mr. Bounds,
>
> I think you misinterpreted my email.  As far as Fortinet is concerned,
> *who* is using the name is wholly irrelevant.  It does not matter to
> Fortinet whether you are using the name Forgate or whether your 
> employer
> is using the name.  The fact of the matter is that it is the NAME of 
> the
> project/program that Fortinet objects to as we believe that it clearly
> infringes on the name of our long-standing product line.
>
> Again, Fortinet respectfully requests that you immediately cease and
> desist using the name "Forgate" in conjunction with your program.  You
> are certainly free to rename the program to another, non-infringing
> name.  If you refuse to do so, Fortinet will unfortunately have to seek
> a more formal, and expensive, resolution of this issue.
>
> I sincerely would like to resolve this matter informally.  Please let 
> me
> know your intentions as soon as possible.
>
> Jonathan M. Schwartz
> Senior Corporate Counsel
> Fortinet, Inc.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Darren Bounds [mailto:dbounds@...rusense.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 11:59 AM
> To: Jonathan Schwartz
> Subject: Re: Forgate
>
> Intrusense has no ties to Forgate (http://forgate.sf.net) nor any of my
> other open sourced projects.
>
> If necessary, I will use an alternative email address. One that does
> not contain the name of my employer.
>
>
> Darren Bounds
>
>
> On Jan 26, 2004, at 12:16 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>> Dear Mr. Bounds,
>>
>> ?
>>
>> My name isJonathan Schwartzand I am the Senior Corporate Counsel at
>> Fortinet, Inc.? As you may be aware, Fortinet is a growing,
>> recognized, privately held corporation with offices and customers
>> worldwide.?Our primary product offering is a firewall product called
>> ?Fortigate?, a United States registered trademark, and I invite you to
>
>> look at our website for a full discussion of the features that the
>> product line has to offer.
>>
>> ?
>>
>> It has recently come to my attention that you are the author of a
>> computer program called ?Forgate? which can be found
>> athttp://forgate.sourceforge.net/. ?We believe that the title of your
>> program, when viewed in light of the features it provides and the
>> nature of your business at Intrusense, clearly infringes upon the
>> trademarked ?Fortigate? name.?Therefore, I must respectfully request
>> that you immediately cease and desistusing the name ?Forgate? in
>> conjunction with your computer program and remove all reference to
>> said name on the website referenced above.? If you do not agree to do
>> so, and do so, byFebruary 2, 2004, I am afraid that I will have no
>> choice but to submit this matter to outside counsel and pursue all
>> available legal remedies to protect our trademark and our product
>> line.
>>
>> ?
>>
>> This is a very serious matter and I appreciate your anticipated,
>> prompt attention and cooperation.
>>
>> ?
>>
>> Jonathan M. Schwartz
>>
>> Senior Corporate Counsel
>>
>> Fortinet, Inc.
>>
>> ?