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2000-05-31 18:29:08+02 by Dan Lyke 4 comments

Alright! who sold Big Blue a clue?? I love fads like Linux :)

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#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:30:02+01 by: TC

Welp I have suscpected the Clue train doesn't have a stop in D.C. and things like this only confirm that thinking. What a waste of human energy to go after the owner of the _http://www.superdeluxe.com/igs/_ site

#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:30:02+01 by: ebwolf

Speaking from personal experience, the problem probably isn't the lawyers. Most likely it's clueless middle and upper management folks pushing the issue with the legal department. Combine a clueless upper manager with a budding young lawyer and you've got a recipe for law suits. I've always felt that corporate lawyers were probably the worst of the sub-species. Frequently they view their role as

#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:30:01+01 by: Dan Lyke

I think a little lawyer education is in order too, some refreshers on parody in trademark and copyright law would help keep some of these morons from flying off the handle without a clue on precedent.

#Comment made: 2002-02-21 06:30:01+01 by: Larry Burton

What's it going to take to stop this insanity? It's got to be more than just too-many lawyers causing this rash of lawsuits and threatened legal actions.