We at Manticore Media Group Inc. would like to announce the change of the name of our hosting business from BlueFur.com to YellowFur.com due to allegations of trademark infringement again. We felt that, rather than spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal fees defending our use of the name and possibly affecting our ability to continue to deliver affordable hosting and the excellence in customer service our customers are accustomed to, it was the best option to settle this matter out of court. Manticore Media Group Inc. and YellowFur.com will continue to strive to meet and exceed our customers’ needs and expectations. We look forward to marketing under the YellowFur brand and growing with the industry in years to come. As I am sure there will be many questions we have posted some of the obvious ones here:
Will there be any disruption in my service due to this change?
There should be no disruption to your service due to the change. Once we are 100% sure that the YellowFur.com domain is running at full capacity we will start to point the BlueFur.com domain to the YellowFur.com domain. This should happen in the next 24 to 48 hours.
Why did you pick YellowFur.com?
Finding a domain which allowed us to continue using our lovable mascot was a tricky venture. We feel that YellowFur.com is a great brandable name that is unique and easy to remember.
Who brought these allegations of trademark infringement against you?
Part of our agreement states that we can not disclose the details of the agreement. Let’s just say that they are a very large US based company with deep pockets.
Does this mean you are going out of business?
By no means does this mean we are going out of business. We look forward to the challenge of getting our new name out and making YellowFur.com a household name.
Is there any way we can help?
If you provide links on your site to BlueFur.com we advise you to update and redirect them to YellowFur.com.Â
Rebecca
March 31, 2008 9:12 am
Oops hope it wasn’t my Monsters Inc. comment hehe. Best of luck with YellowFur!
Stephen
March 31, 2008 9:13 am
You’re a day early on the april fools’ joke, aren’t you?
Douglas Slingerland
March 31, 2008 9:49 am
April Fools please? =3
bob
March 31, 2008 10:03 am
I love this new name. Blue is to over used and boaring!
Thinkreferrals
March 31, 2008 10:16 am
Blue sucks, yellow is the new Blue
Michael Kwan
March 31, 2008 12:56 pm
Why didn’t you go with PurpleFur or PinkFur?
blogadmin
March 31, 2008 1:03 pm
someone else already ownes them. :|
Thinkreferrals
March 31, 2008 3:13 pm
better than brownfur, nothin really appealing about that.
Matt
March 31, 2008 4:38 pm
Yellow? Screw this, yellow isn’t as cool as blue, I’m changing to a host with some good tastes.
April Fools: BlueFur Changing Name to YellowFur « Blog Archive « Matt's Blog
March 31, 2008 5:17 pm
[...] once again come across copyright infringement allegations with their new name, and have decided to change their name to YellowFur. They had this to say about it: We at Manticore Media Group Inc. would like to announce the change [...]
Reporting from the Massive Tech Show » Miss604’s Vancouver Blog by Vancouver Blogger Rebecca Bollwitt
April 1, 2008 11:42 am
[...] also ran into my former colleague, Gus, and Gary of Blue Fur (aka Yellow Fur har har) along with David and then [...]
Liesa Billings
April 1, 2008 1:12 pm
Hope it’s a joke because I really hate the yellow fur colour and find it harsh on the eyes!
Asia'h Epperson
April 8, 2008 10:19 pm
So, it is a joke? Never seem to find any update at all.