TELUS Corporation Floor 32S 10020 - 100 Street EDMONTON, Alberta T5J ON5

WITHOUT PREJUDICE

May 3, 2002

NRG Online #110 - 175 Vaughan Road Toronto Ontario M6C 2M4

Attention: Kevin Costelloe

Dear Sir;

Re: www.teluscorp.com http://www.teluscorp.com Trade-mark Infringement

The domain www.teluscorp.com http://www.teluscorp.com has been brought to our attention, given that it is identical or confusingly similar to TELUS' own domain name and registered trade-mark. We understand that you are the Administrative Contact of the Registrant NRG Online.

TELUS has invested considerable time and money into the promotion and marketing of the TELUS brand, and it is a valuable corporate asset. Therefore, we vigorously pursue misappropriations, and unauthorized or improper uses of same. In addition to the improper registration of the domain name, www.teluscorp.com http://www.teluscorp.com, we consider your use of the term “TELUS” in the domain name to be an infringement of TELUS' trade-mark rights and consequently your continued use is causing, or is likely to cause, confusion in the marketplace. Such confusion will negatively impact TELUS' business interests and accordingly, will not be permitted.

Further, as you are no doubt aware, TELUS is Canada’s second largest communications service provider, having its head office in British Columbia. Your physical offices are located in Toronto, Ontario, where TELUS has a major presence. We note that you registered the domain name on April 3, 2002, making it extremely unlikely that you were unaware of TELUS' operations at the time of the registration of the domain name, especially given that the website located at www.teluscorp.com http://www.teluscorp.com is a clear duplication of our www.telus.com http://www.telus.com website and your website, in fact, references the same at the bottom of the page. The similarities between your website and our www.telus.com http://www.telus.com website makes it clear that you have duplicated the design; layout and organization; color scheme; and visual elements of the TELUS website, which constitutes a breach of TELUS' copyrights. Further, your website includes an unauthorized duplication of our registered trade-mark. Unauthorized use of a registered trade-mark is prohibited by law, and we insist that you immediately remove, from public view, all reproductions of our trade-mark.

It appears to us that the website located at www.teluscorp.com http://www.teluscorp.com is not intended as a viable commercial site and, therefore there are no legitimate rights to the domain name itself. As such, we maintain that your actions in relation to that website demonstrate bad faith.

TELUS is currently assessing the damages that it has suffered due to your improper registration of the domain name and your infringement of TELUS' trade-mark. Your continued use of the domain name will only add to the damages we incur. Nevertheless, in an effort to amicably settle this dispute, if you:

a)  immediately transfer to us, without any payment requirement

whatsoever, the offending domain name, and all other domain names you may have secured incorporating the TELUS trade-mark or name to TELUS; and b) provide TELUS with your written confirmation that you will not now, or at any time in the future, register any domain name that include a trade-mark owned by TELUS, on or before May 8, 2002,

TELUS is prepared accept such actions as satisfactory resolution of the dispute and will not seek further remedies against you.

Please be advised, however, that unless you immediately stop the offending action, and agree to provide us with the foregoing, we will take all measures available to us to resolve this matter and prevent further negative impacts on TELUS' business interests. Should we be required to take legal action to resolve this matter, we will be seeking costs against you.

Please govern yourself accordingly.

Karen Kennedy Intellectual Property Manager TELUS Legal Services Phone (780) 493-3089 Fax (780) 493-3083

Delivered via courier to physical address listed above and by e-mail to mail@nrg-online.ca

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