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  EBay Settles Lawsuit Against BidBay
 
I wasn't sure what newsroup this should be in. And yes I know it doesn't really mention a lot of LEGO news. But there is a small report about www.bricklink.com formally know as www.brickbay.com. ***...*** From the business wired. EBay Settles (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: EBay Settles Lawsuit Against BidBay
 
(...) He pays them $1000 for the name, then they sue him for using it. Hmmm. Quite the racket IMO (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: EBay Settles Lawsuit Against BidBay
 
(...) No, no--he bought it *on* eBay. He did not buy it *from* eBay. Quite a bit of difference! LFB (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: EBay Settles Lawsuit Against BidBay
 
(...) Uh... "formerly". The site formally known as bricklink.com or BrickLink(tm) was formerly formally known as brickbay.com or BrickBay(tm). :-) start excerpt: (...) Solid? At least they didn't say "good"... (...) The fact that this site is cited (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.market.brickshops)
 
  Re: EBay Settles Lawsuit Against BidBay
 
It seems eBay is out on a witch hunt. I don't think they were the only ones to come up with the term *bay* for their site. When do the sue Monteray Bay? This is ridiculus. I think I am boycotting eBay... Rick (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
 
  Re: EBay Settles Lawsuit Against BidBay
 
"Rick Hallman" <legodude725@removeaol.com> wrote in message news:Grw296.7AM@lugnet.com... (...) I somewhat agree with the BidBay suit though. They used "bay" in their name, in an auction site that looked similar to eBay, to trade on eBay's good (...) (23 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)

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