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Ok, so it was a *very* short blurb on C|Net that you can find here:
http://news.com.com/2110-1017-830092.html
But this blurb was noted by an email news clipping service run by a fairly
famous intellectual property lawfirm (BNA). So, it is likely that many
thousands of IP lawyers are reading about it this morning. Here is what was
said by Prof. Michael Geist, BNA Consulting Editor:
"EBAY MAY MEAN NO OTHER BAYS
While many have debated what eBay actually means, to one Web
site it means that they can't use the word "bay" in their
site. Brickbay.com, a lego-trading site, has changed its
name to bricklink.com after eBay warned the site owner that
its prior name infringed on eBay's trademark."
-Alfred
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| (...) However, if they were using this precedence...it would mean that Canada's Hudson Bay Company would have grounds to sue (E-bay) and likely win for intellectual property violations to its long and historic name. Benjamin Medinets (23 years ago, 27-Feb-02, to lugnet.market.theory)
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