The formal date of the commencement of this administrative proceeding is March 15, 2000. No Response has been received. Factual Background Complainants provide entertainment in the form of American professional football games. This mark has also been marketed and promoted extensively in sports magazines and newspapers, on the Internet, and in various other media. The mark has been the subject of extensive unsolicited media coverage including by Sports Illustrated, ESPN, and major news organizations.
Complainants also have an active presence on the Internet.
Attorneys for Complainants made repeated and unsuccessful attempts to reach any person at this number, and it appeared that this number was not a functioning telephone number. After being notified about the problems with Respondent s address, NSI provided Complainants representatives with another address for Respondent. Complainants did not receive a response from Respondent. NFL Properties attorneys that certain procedural defects in the initial demand letter prevented NSI from invoking the procedures prescribed in Section 9 of NSI s Dispute Resolution Policy. Complainants have filed this proceeding in response to that letter.