Startup Threatened Into Settling Over Hyperlinking
Submitted by arek on Sat, 02/21/2009 - 21:21
"A tiny startup that was threatened by a massive law firm over nothing more than a humble hyperlink has been forced to settle and change its linking policies, handing Goliath the win in this gratuitous trademark case. Under the agreement, real estate startup BlockShopper can no longer include hyperlinks anywhere on its website to Jones Day, a massive Chicago law firm, except explicitly on URL text. Essentially, jonesday.com is okay, but not blah blah blah."
Straight from slashdot
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/22/0115228
Jones Day is about to learn about the The Streisand Effect Good good I think the Internet brings out the stupids. Some more links to follow.
