[11523] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Sprint Gets Sued
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Stephen Williams)
Tue Apr 5 16:04:02 1994
From: sdw@meaddata.com (Stephen Williams)
To: nettech@crl.com (Joseph W. Stroup)
Date: Tue, 5 Apr 1994 12:16:25 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, nettech@crl.com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.3.87.9404050049.A6560-0100000@crl2.crl.com> from "Joseph W. Stroup" at Apr 5, 94 00:52:49 am
>
> Here we go again. Sprint Telecommunications, L.P. has been sued by
> Mastercard of all org's. ! The suit was Filed becasue the people at
> Mastercard purchased the exclusive rights for credit card sponsorship of
> the World Cup 1994 event. Mastercard asked for a temporary injunction
> against Sprint. A marketing agency for The World Cup 1994 (ISL) told the
> World Cup people NOT to sell telephone calling card rights to Sprint but,
> the World Cup President approved it anyway.
>
> I hope they (Sprint) did their homework on this one.
>
> Joseph Stroup
>
Shouldn't they have sued the World Cup people?
Mastercard didn't have a contract with Sprint to enforce in court.
sdw
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