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In lugnet.mediawatch, Abner Finley writes:
> 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.
Uh... "formerly". The site formally known as bricklink.com or BrickLink(tm)
was formerly formally known as brickbay.com or BrickBay(tm). :-)
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> San Jose-based eBay contended that BidBay copied eBay's look and feel to
> attract buyers and sellers. Using the term ``Bay'' in the name was
> especially egregious and an improper attempt to trade on eBay's solid
> reputation, said Jay Monahan, eBay's associate general counsel.
Solid? At least they didn't say "good"...
> Similarly, eBay also recently persuaded Brickbay.com, a site for trading
> LEGO building-block toys, to change its name to Bricklink.com, Monahan said.
The fact that this site is cited is significant, I think. It suggests to me
that they haven't been successful at bullying as many sites as we thought if
a small potatoes (in the larger scheme) site like BrickLink is given as one
of his examples.
XFUT market.brickshops
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| 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 (...) (25 years ago, 21-Feb-02, to lugnet.mediawatch)
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