Failure to record payment data

using IP address for development



----- Original Message -----
From: "AixTrip" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:15 PM
Subject: [mru] using IP address for development


>I am currently beginning to build a new website using
> Miva 4.22 I had the hosting company set it up using
> an ip address while I develop my new site, since my
> domain name is currently being used by my "live" site
> at my current ip address. Once my Miva website is
> completed, I will take down my current site by
> pointing the domain name to my new Miva developed
> site. Will I encounter any functionality difficulties
> (modules,payment gateways, etc) once the domain name
> is pointing to the new Miva site?

Not at all, but you may possibly have to get your host change the license
registration from the IP address to your real domain name - they may have to
call Miva and have them reset it in their licensing server.

> Is this the best way for me to develop the site offline
> so to speak?

That's a good way, but you could have also moved your static/old site to the
new host, and then just work on Merchant on the same domain name. This way
you wouldn't have to worry about changing the license at all. You could
always password protect the /Merchant2 directory so that only you have
access to it while you are building the store, or put an IP based access
restriction if your IP address is static.

> Also for some reason, the hosting company had to set
> me up on a Microsoft server versus Linux, because
> supposedly Linux server requires setup with domain
> name (cannot be setup with ip address). Does this
> sound right?

Oh gawd, no... You can set up name based and IP based domains on Linux just
fine. And on the contrary, it's running Merchant on Windows that will give
you more headaches than it's worth - most people just run it on Linux, the
preferred platform for Miva Merchant. It's more stable and typically faster
than Windows servers.

Remik Kolodziej
dotCOM designers - Miva Premier Hosting Partner
<A HREF ="http://www.dotcomdesigners.com - 888-321-6239">http://www.dotcomdesigners.com - 888-321-6239</A>

OT: Copyright and Domain Names



This is why we recommend to all our clients that they register ALL of the
common TLD's for their domain names -- to protect their trademarks and brand
identity.

If desktopdarkroom is a trademarked name, you might have some recourse. You
could have a lawyer send a cease & desist letter, or you could try filing a
complaint with ICANN.

I'm not an attorney, and this should not be construed as legal advice. Your
mileage may vary.

Larry Hiscock
AngelicHost


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wesley Copple
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mru] OT: Copyright and Domain Names

So, I was doing some Google research to see how well my search terms
were doing based on everything people on the list were recommending.
Doing so, I found something very interesting.

My site is www.desktopdarkroom.com we sell digital photographic
equipment and services including digital photographic lab work in
Jacksonville, Florida. Our site was registered in 1996.

This site: www.desktopdarkroom.net was registered January 2004 and
directs to a company that offers digital photographic services in
JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 7 miles from here.

Their company name is nowhere remotely related to ours and I see, this
is the most blatant type of assault on our trademarked name that we have
been operating under nationwide since 1989. Do we have any legal
standing or recourse? Has anyone here had this experience? How should we
proceed with this?

Wesley
www.desktopdarkroom.com

using IP address for development



No, there is no reason you cannot setup on an IP on Linux.

We do it all the time for customers.

Linux is far more stable than Windows OS's for Miva.

Vic Vega
WolfPaw Computers
Miva Merchant Hosting Specialists
"Put the power of the pack to work for you!"(sm)
Miva Standard Hosting Partner - OpenUI Premier Partner
FREE MerchantHowTo.com Basic Tutorial Subscription with each hosting
account! A $49 value!
http://tinyurl.com/48nmu

Ph: 1 (866) WOLFPAW
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of AixTrip
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:16 PM
> To: Miva merchant-users
> Subject: [mru] using IP address for development
>
>
> I am currently beginning to build a new website using
> Miva 4.22 I had the hosting company set it up using
> an ip address while I develop my new site, since my
> domain name is currently being used by my "live" site
> at my current ip address. Once my Miva website is
> completed, I will take down my current site by
> pointing the domain name to my new Miva developed
> site. Will I encounter any functionality difficulties
> (modules,payment gateways, etc) once the domain name is
> pointing to the new Miva site? Is this the best way for me
> to develop the site offline so to speak?
> Also for some reason, the hosting company had to set
> me up on a Microsoft server versus Linux, because
> supposedly Linux server requires setup with domain
> name (cannot be setup with ip address). Does this
> sound right? Thanks for any insight here...
>
>
>
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> Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online and more. Check it out!
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>
>

getting into admin error



Usually missing function errors come from old modules that need to be
updated.

Make sure all your third party modules are up to date.

Vic Vega
WolfPaw Computers
Miva Merchant Hosting Specialists
"Put the power of the pack to work for you!"(sm)
Miva Standard Hosting Partner - OpenUI Premier Partner
FREE MerchantHowTo.com Basic Tutorial Subscription with each hosting
account! A $49 value!
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www.wpcomp.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
> [email protected]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:15 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [mru] getting into admin error
>
>
> Has any one seen this error when trying to get into your
> admin? It was working right last night.
>
> Runtime error in lib/util.mvc @ [0000004b:00000168]: Line
> 1555: MvDO: Unable to find function 'Domain_Update_LicenseCheck'
>
> Miva Merchant v4.23
> Zachary Berry
> [email protected]
>

OT: Copyright and Domain Names



I don't believe you have any recourse, since they are not advertising
themselves as DesktopDarkroom, but rather FotoGraphic. If they were
trying to pretend that they were you, you might have a case but in this
case I don't think you do. This is why its a good idea to register all
of the variations of a domain name.

You could send them a cease and desist letter, but not sure what kind
of legs it would have. Again, it goes to the fact that they are not
advertising themselves as you really, just a redirect on that one
domain name.

Even if they were.... getting them to stop legally would be tough.
Depends on how much money you are willing to spend. Read this about the
Nissan.net lawsuit that is still going on in court:

<A HREF ="http://www.ncchelp.org/The_Story/the_story.htm">http://www.ncchelp.org/The_Story/the_story.htm</A>

However, it also looks like with true cybersquatting (which I am not
sure if this qualifies), you might have a case. Read here about IKEA:

http://domainhandbook.com/dd2.html

Again, it depends on how much you want to spend on lawyer bills on this.

And thus ends my "I'm Not A Lawyer Legal Advice"..... so take it for
what its worth.

--
Kevin Murphy
Web Designer - Stubborn Donkey Productions
www.stubborndonkey.com

On May 11, 2005, at 12:13 PM, Wesley Copple wrote:

> So, I was doing some Google research to see how well my search terms
> were doing based on everything people on the list were recommending.
> Doing so, I found something very interesting.
>
> My site is www.desktopdarkroom.com we sell digital photographic
> equipment and services including digital photographic lab work in
> Jacksonville, Florida. Our site was registered in 1996.
>
> This site: www.desktopdarkroom.net was registered January 2004 and
> directs to a company that offers digital photographic services in
> JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 7 miles from here.
>
> Their company name is nowhere remotely related to ours and I see, this
> is the most blatant type of assault on our trademarked name that we
> have
> been operating under nationwide since 1989. Do we have any legal
> standing or recourse? Has anyone here had this experience? How should
> we
> proceed with this?
>
> Wesley
> www.desktopdarkroom.com
>
>

OT: Copyright and Domain Names



I'm going to have to talk to a few people as to whether or not we have
actually trademarked our name, but I would doubt that the single word
variety of "desktopdarkroom" would have been registered by us
regardless.

Thanks for the advice and links.

Wesley.


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Stevens [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 5:13 PM
To: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: RE: [mru] OT: Copyright and Domain Names


I'm guessing from your own use of the term 'desktopdarkroom' that you
did not register it as a trademark, just as a business name.

Since your both in the same city, you might be able to deal with this at
the local business license office, since they probably did not file the
proper fictitious business name application. You could claim they are
using your business name, in a jurisdiction where this should not be
allowed.

My guess is though, you don't have a lot to stand on here. I'm no
lawyer though, so you might want to check with one, if you think their
use infringes on your business.

Dan


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Wesley
Copple
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:14 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mru] OT: Copyright and Domain Names

So, I was doing some Google research to see how well my search terms
were doing based on everything people on the list were recommending.
Doing so, I found something very interesting.

My site is www.desktopdarkroom.com we sell digital photographic
equipment and services including digital photographic lab work in
Jacksonville, Florida. Our site was registered in 1996.

This site: www.desktopdarkroom.net was registered January 2004 and
directs to a company that offers digital photographic services in
JACKSONVILLE FLORIDA 7 miles from here.

Their company name is nowhere remotely related to ours and I see, this
is the most blatant type of assault on our trademarked name that we have
been operating under nationwide since 1989. Do we have any legal
standing or recourse? Has anyone here had this experience? How should we
proceed with this?

Wesley
www.desktopdarkroom.com

OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement



Hogwash I say (but I'm no lawyer)
I would think that if you were using it to promote a product that was like a
product called "Dazzle & shine" then they may have something, but just using
that phrase to describe something? Geez... What is his product anyways? He
never does say.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Anne Cavicchi
Annie's
106 - 402 Baker ST
Nelson, BC V1L4H8
250-354-2000
www.maternitycorner.com


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Alex Brodsky
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 1:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mru] OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement


Hey Guys,

We just received the e-mail below. Is this legal or spam hoping to get us to
respond?
All we have on our website is one of the products have this in their
description, "Uncomplicated and versatile, this piece can be worn with our
shrugs, shawls, or simply on its own with a little dazzle and shine."

If it is legal, while I can change the wording, this could be going too far
when a regular English expression is being highjacked...

Alex

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:47 PM
Subject: Trademark and Copyright Infringement

I am contacting your company because of your use of "Dazzle and Shine" on
your website and marketing. I am the owner of all trademarks and copyrights
in regards to "Dazzle and Shine" and your company is not authorized to use
it in any public or commercial form to promote or advertise your products
without infringing upon my intellectual property rights. Therefore, please
cease and desist use of "Dazzle and Shine" and another variation or
combination of its text on your website and other advertising methods such
as text, keywords, meta tags, titles, descriptions, etc. Your company has
two weeks to remove "Dazzle and Shine from your website and from the search
engines that are used it to advertise your website before I take any further

legal action to file a lawsuit to stop your use and seek monetary damages
for your use of my trademark and copyright of "Dazzle and Shine".

Unfortunately, your website was one of many that I found to be using "Dazzle

and Shine" without authorization during my regular sweeps of search engines.

Please do not be offended by my notification to you about this matter, but
as owner of "Dazzle and Shine" I have the legal right to protect my
intellectual property from other companies.

OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement



I'm not a lawyer so take this for what it's worth but I've never heard of
copyright law extending as far as this person is trying to make you believe.
If you were calling your business or even a product "Dazzle and Shine" then
he might have a case but it sounds groundless in the context you're using
it. You're simply using the words for their normal everyday meanings to
describe a product which (I assume) has no relation to the product this
individual produces.

My guess is that he's striving for top search engine placement for the term
"dazzle and shine" and is trying to scare anyone else using that phrase in
any manner to remove it in order to eliminate competition for the phrase.

Dan
Impulse Creations

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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Alex Brodsky
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 4:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mru] OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement

Hey Guys,

We just received the e-mail below. Is this legal or spam hoping to get us to
respond?
All we have on our website is one of the products have this in their
description, "Uncomplicated and versatile, this piece can be worn with our
shrugs, shawls, or simply on its own with a little dazzle and shine."

If it is legal, while I can change the wording, this could be going too far
when a regular English expression is being highjacked...

Alex

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:47 PM
Subject: Trademark and Copyright Infringement

I am contacting your company because of your use of "Dazzle and Shine" on
your website and marketing. I am the owner of all trademarks and copyrights
in regards to "Dazzle and Shine" and your company is not authorized to use
it in any public or commercial form to promote or advertise your products
without infringing upon my intellectual property rights. Therefore, please
cease and desist use of "Dazzle and Shine" and another variation or
combination of its text on your website and other advertising methods such
as text, keywords, meta tags, titles, descriptions, etc. Your company has
two weeks to remove "Dazzle and Shine from your website and from the search
engines that are used it to advertise your website before I take any further

legal action to file a lawsuit to stop your use and seek monetary damages
for your use of my trademark and copyright of "Dazzle and Shine".

Unfortunately, your website was one of many that I found to be using "Dazzle

and Shine" without authorization during my regular sweeps of search engines.

Please do not be offended by my notification to you about this matter, but
as owner of "Dazzle and Shine" I have the legal right to protect my
intellectual property from other companies.

OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement



I'd ignore them or even more fun would be to find a common phrase on
their site and trademark it and send them an email.

Norman

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Alex Brodsky wrote:

>Hey Guys,
>
>We just received the e-mail below. Is this legal or spam hoping to get us to
>respond?
>All we have on our website is one of the products have this in their
>description, "Uncomplicated and versatile, this piece can be worn with our
>shrugs, shawls, or simply on its own with a little dazzle and shine."
>
>If it is legal, while I can change the wording, this could be going too far
>when a regular English expression is being highjacked...
>
>Alex
>
>-----Original Message-----
>Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:47 PM
>Subject: Trademark and Copyright Infringement
>
>I am contacting your company because of your use of "Dazzle and Shine" on
>your website and marketing. I am the owner of all trademarks and copyrights
>in regards to "Dazzle and Shine" and your company is not authorized to use
>it in any public or commercial form to promote or advertise your products
>without infringing upon my intellectual property rights. Therefore, please
>cease and desist use of "Dazzle and Shine" and another variation or
>combination of its text on your website and other advertising methods such
>as text, keywords, meta tags, titles, descriptions, etc. Your company has
>two weeks to remove "Dazzle and Shine from your website and from the search
>engines that are used it to advertise your website before I take any further
>
>legal action to file a lawsuit to stop your use and seek monetary damages
>for your use of my trademark and copyright of "Dazzle and Shine".
>
>Unfortunately, your website was one of many that I found to be using "Dazzle
>
>and Shine" without authorization during my regular sweeps of search engines.
>
>Please do not be offended by my notification to you about this matter, but
>as owner of "Dazzle and Shine" I have the legal right to protect my
>intellectual property from other companies.
>
>
>

OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement



I think someone is yanking your chain. According to the US Patent and
Trademark Office, only ONE trademark was ever filed that included both the
words "dazzle" and "shine" (it also contained two other words -- "sparkle"
and "gleam"). That trademark was ABANDONED in 1987.

<A HREF ="http://www.uspto.gov/">http://www.uspto.gov/</A>

<insert standard disclaimer here>

Larry Hiscock
AngelicHost


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alex Brodsky
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:58 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [mru] OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement

Hey Guys,

We just received the e-mail below. Is this legal or spam hoping to get us to
respond?
All we have on our website is one of the products have this in their
description, "Uncomplicated and versatile, this piece can be worn with our
shrugs, shawls, or simply on its own with a little dazzle and shine."

If it is legal, while I can change the wording, this could be going too far
when a regular English expression is being highjacked...

Alex

-----Original Message-----
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:47 PM
Subject: Trademark and Copyright Infringement

I am contacting your company because of your use of "Dazzle and Shine" on
your website and marketing. I am the owner of all trademarks and copyrights
in regards to "Dazzle and Shine" and your company is not authorized to use
it in any public or commercial form to promote or advertise your products
without infringing upon my intellectual property rights. Therefore, please
cease and desist use of "Dazzle and Shine" and another variation or
combination of its text on your website and other advertising methods such
as text, keywords, meta tags, titles, descriptions, etc. Your company has
two weeks to remove "Dazzle and Shine from your website and from the search
engines that are used it to advertise your website before I take any further

legal action to file a lawsuit to stop your use and seek monetary damages
for your use of my trademark and copyright of "Dazzle and Shine".

Unfortunately, your website was one of many that I found to be using "Dazzle

and Shine" without authorization during my regular sweeps of search engines.

Please do not be offended by my notification to you about this matter, but
as owner of "Dazzle and Shine" I have the legal right to protect my
intellectual property from other companies.

OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement



Alex Brodsky wrote:
> legal action to file a lawsuit to stop your use and seek monetary damages
> for your use of my trademark and copyright of "Dazzle and Shine".

How would a person know he had a trademark on common English language
words?

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OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement



Hi,
I wanted to make a comment on this OT post. I don't want to SPAM the list
with an ad, but I feel this information might be beneficial to many of the
list readers.

When people have a legal question they usually ask everyone, a friend, a
co-worked, a relative, a stranger, before they ask a lawyer. The reason is
that lawyers are expensive.

In addition to being a MIVA Merchant developer I'm an associate with
Pre-Paid Legal Services. They offer consultations on legal issues, they
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> Hey Guys,
>
> We just received the e-mail below. Is this legal or spam hoping to get us
to
> respond?
> All we have on our website is one of the products have this in their
> description, "Uncomplicated and versatile, this piece can be worn with our
> shrugs, shawls, or simply on its own with a little dazzle and shine."
>
> If it is legal, while I can change the wording, this could be going too
far
> when a regular English expression is being highjacked...
>
> Alex
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 2:47 PM
> Subject: Trademark and Copyright Infringement
>
> I am contacting your company because of your use of "Dazzle and Shine" on
> your website and marketing. I am the owner of all trademarks and
copyrights
> in regards to "Dazzle and Shine" and your company is not authorized to use
> it in any public or commercial form to promote or advertise your products
> without infringing upon my intellectual property rights. Therefore, please
> cease and desist use of "Dazzle and Shine" and another variation or
> combination of its text on your website and other advertising methods such
> as text, keywords, meta tags, titles, descriptions, etc. Your company has
> two weeks to remove "Dazzle and Shine from your website and from the
search
> engines that are used it to advertise your website before I take any
further
>
> legal action to file a lawsuit to stop your use and seek monetary damages
> for your use of my trademark and copyright of "Dazzle and Shine".
>
> Unfortunately, your website was one of many that I found to be using
"Dazzle
>
> and Shine" without authorization during my regular sweeps of search
engines.
>
> Please do not be offended by my notification to you about this matter, but
> as owner of "Dazzle and Shine" I have the legal right to protect my
> intellectual property from other companies.
>
>
>

HELP! Merchant email PROBLEM



I went to the link you provided. I checked everything I could and
everything was fine. We still are not getting our Merchant emails. Any
other suggestions?
Thanks,
Hope

Ivo Truxa wrote:

>Practically all possible email related problems and their solutions are
>listed at:
>
>http://miva.truxoft.com/mmfaq.htm#Q010
>http://miva.truxoft.com/mmfaq.htm#Q012
>
>
>Ivo Truxa
>
>| http://miva.truxoft.com
>| Advanced Miva Merchant modules
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Hope Szlemko
>
>Hi,
> We are not receiving either merchant emails, Miva or OUI, when
>orders are placed. Our new site just went up using Merchant 4.22 with
>Open UI 4.955. I have uninstalled/unchecked them and reinstalled/checked
>them and packed the store and they still don't work. Does anyone know
>what we can do to solve this problem.
>Thanks,
>Hope
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement



----- Original Message -----
From: "William Weiland" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: [mru] OT: Trademark and Copyright Infringement


> Alex Brodsky wrote:
> legal action to file a lawsuit to stop your use and seek monetary
> damages for your use of my trademark and copyright of "Dazzle
> and Shine".
>
> How would a person know he had a trademark on common English
> language words?

Ask Bill Gates - he ows a (REGISTERED!) trademark on "windows".......

Remik

HELP! Merchant email PROBLEM



I can't get mine to zoom in enough...waaaa


> The ones I'm looking at are at least 5 years old.
>
> Jeffrey Hines
> HairBoutique.com
>

>
> I figure my map is about March of last year, judging by the construction
> around me and the snow on the top of the mountain behind me. 1 year old
> isn't bad......
>
> --
> Kevin Murphy
> Web Designer - Stubborn Donkey Productions www.stubborndonkey.com
>
> On May 12, 2005, at 8:46 AM, Sebenza Lists wrote:
>
>> Looks to be really out-dated... My neighborhood is still a dirt field
>> on the map ;-)
>>
>> Scott
>> SEBENZA.COM
>> Miva Development
>>
>> Web: <A HREF ="http://www.sebenza.com">http://www.sebenza.com</A>
>> <A HREF ="http://www.mvcool.com/SS - miva modules">http://www.mvcool.com/SS - miva modules</A>
>>
>>
>>
>> Kevin Murphy wrote:
>>
>>> Have y'all checked out the satellite imagery on Google Maps yet?
>>>
>>> http://maps.google.com/
>>>
>>> Pretty F'n cool.
>>>
>