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Status
Amount Disputed
Actual Savings
Estimated Savings
Activities
Location
NAICS
Complainant
Number
Date
Name Contact Phone Toll Free Email
McCormack Intellectual
Property Law617 Lee StSeattle, WA 98109
(206) 381-8888 legal@mccormackl
egal.com
Getty Images605 5th Ave S Ste 400Seattle, WA 98104
(206) 925-6753 [email protected]
409688
5/31/2012
Respondent(s)
Complaint
Bellingham - Consumer Protection Division
Date Added Activity Type Activity
5/31/2012 Reviewed Note - per intake date/respondent info and
otherrespondent info, c did not "Name" Getty so I havenot added
them as an "R" at this time.
541620-Legal Services- All other legalservices
Assignee Bouwman, Jeanette
$0.00
$1,628.00
$0.00
Code Practice
316 Billing Issues
Practice(s)
Closed
Referral(s)
Name Contact Phone Contact Phone Email
409688
CatalystComplaint Cover Page
Name Phone Day Phone Evening Email
David Frederick Mannino9601 Reisterstown RdOwings Mills, MD
21117
(410) 902-7446 (410) 404-5141 [email protected]
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Date Added Activity Type Activity
6/4/2012 Email to Respondent R First Letter to Respondent
To:[email protected]
6/4/2012 Email to Complainant C First Letter to Consumer
To:[email protected]
6/20/2012 Email from Respondent attachment is 'f'
6/26/2012 Correspondence from Respondent re doc "g"
6/26/2012 Email to Complainant Csup Closing Adjusted with
Enclosure To:[email protected]
6/26/2012 Email to Respondent Rsup Closing Adjusted
To:[email protected]
6/26/2012 Resolution-CLOSED ADJUSTED
6/26/2012 Other Adding Getty Images to the file as an R, as
McCormack's response indicates that McCormackis outside counsel
for Getty Images. Thecomplaint regards a dispute re an image
Getttyclaims is theirs to protect. Wanted this complaintto be
captured should someone do a search onGetty complaints.
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Description
I received a letter from Mr. Timothy McCormack's office to
immediately cease and desist using an image onmy website that
alledgedly belongs to gettyimages and to pay the sum of $1628 to
avaoid further escalation.The said image was provided to me by
Firespring, the company that created my website. The first letter
Ireceived from gettyimages was last year and I immediately
contacted Firespring. I was told to ignore the letterbecause it was
a scam, and to ignore any subsequent letters I may receive. Last
year, in my good graces, I hadthe image removed from my website
even though there was no guilt on my part. When I received Mr.
TimothyMcCormack's letter I immediately contacted Firespring and
they sent me links that proved the image on mywebsite belonged to
istock, not gettyimages. I contacted Mr.McCormack's office via
email with thisinformation and I was told the evidence was
unfounded and I still needed to pay. Mr. McCormack is nothingbut a
slimeball preying on the innocent public just to line his own
pockets.
Expected resolution details: Drop allegations
Complaint Description
Catalyst Report
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