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As I understand these things, a company has to pretty fiercely defend its
intellectual property rights. If they don't go after just about everyone,
then when they do go after a single company, that company can cry foul, and
insist that they are being singled out and picked on. And, if they can
choose the most spurious alleged reason for being singled out for
prosecution, then their prosecutor has some explaining to do. I wish I could
remember the details of the suit that someone lost. The defendant in that
case cried selective prosecution and free speech rights, and successfully
defended themselves.

So, at the bottom of the Computerworld article on MS's suite over Lindows,
there is an article on "Mattel's Barbie wins case against cybersquatters"
http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO47337,00.html

Greg Stigers
http://www.cgiusa.com
If the law supposes that...
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