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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Court Dismisses Craigslist Suit Against Competitors
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Court Dismisses Craigslist Suit Against Competitors
http://j.mp/12oDUFr (New York Times)
"Craigslist does not have exclusive licenses to the postings on its
classified advertising Web site, a federal court ruled on Tuesday.
Craigslist alleged last year that the listings Web sites PadMapper and
Lovely, as well as 3Taps, a company that collects public data and
organizes it for the use of developers, were infringing on its
copyright and trademark. Craigslist also made a number of other
piracy-related claims against the trio and asked the court to shut
them down. But Judge Charles R. Breyer of United States District
Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the charges on
Tuesday. Craigslist's terms of use do not give it an exclusive license
to customers' data, he said in his ruling, and without an exclusive
license, the company cannot sue for infringement."
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