[joshmn]

Do not do what Amy's Baking Company did to their bullies.

Okay, in all seriousness... this was just posted the other day (might have been yesterday?) and though humorous, can be applied to what you're going through: http://abovethelaw.com/2013/06/how-to-write-a-great-response...

Now, I am not a lawyer, but I believe you could potentially change your brand name to "Freelancer F___ M___" and plug some words that pair with .fm. Example: "Freelancer For Me" comes to mind.

Also, the spiteful side of me says to proxy the feed from freelancer.com to your platform, but that's just me.

[yestoapps]

Joshmn: Thanks for chiming in. If I change the title of the site to "Freelancer For Me" for example, will it be enough to win a case like this?

[dedward]

So.. am I missing something here?

You are a new startup. You are operating a closely related product to a large power player in the same business by choosing a nearly identical name. Now you are suggesting their data is so important to you that you are going to technically circumvent their block, potentially adding more legal liability, and use their service anyway? And calling them "assholes" in a public forum forum?

Does that seem at all sustainable to you?