04-03-2002, 06:54 PM
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Little Guy Takes on Software Giant and loses
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020403/ap_on_hi_te/pocket_pc_battle_2&cid=528
Remember this guy and his "Pocket PC"? Well, he had his day in court and lost because, gosh, Microsoft "had too much evidence". What was he expecting? What a scam artist...
"It was not the usual courtroom battle for Microsoft Corp. No teams of lawyers. No reams of documents. No streams of delays. But still, even in small claims court Tuesday, the software titan was a formidable opponent.
Entrepreneur Ken Belanger sued the Redmond, Wash.-based company for trademark infringement, but after Marianne Petersen, a Microsoft paralegal, appeared before Court Commissioner Sue Kaplan with a binder of evidence � and Belanger had only a few slips of paper � the 40-year-old San Francisco resident withdrew that claim. "I couldn't win there," Belanger said later outside the courtroom. "They have too much evidence." Source: Sean Hanley
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04-03-2002, 06:58 PM
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
MS sent a paralegal with a legal pad.
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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04-03-2002, 07:25 PM
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Intellectual
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Is it just me or does the www.pocketpc.com URL not even work anymore?
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04-03-2002, 07:25 PM
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He didn't even lose! He withdrew...if he had really thought that "Pocket PC" was his, then he wouldn't have withdrawn. And it is "lucky" he didn't win cause I am sure if he had he would have probably followed through on this statement:
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...pursue other small claims cases against companies that advertise Microsoft's Pocket PC-based devices.
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What a load of... :roll:
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04-03-2002, 07:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Charles Pickrell
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Whois for PocketPC.com
Record last updated on 01-Apr-2002.
Record expires on 10-Mar-2002.
Record created on 10-Mar-2000.
Database last updated on 3-Apr-2002 02:03:00 EST.
Isn't that a problem??? Didn't we go through this with hotmail?
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04-03-2002, 07:47 PM
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Too Much Evidence
All I have to say is " well Duh !" .
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04-03-2002, 08:28 PM
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Philosopher
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Just did my good deed for the week - pocketpc.com has been renewed and should be accessible again within 24 hours.
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04-03-2002, 08:32 PM
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Philosopher
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On a related note, Microsoft did remember to renew pocketpc.NET and pocketpc.ORG
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04-03-2002, 09:49 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Oct 2003
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Other news coverage...
Here's another article on the same guy. It seems he's already bilked Pacific Bell and Digital Equipment Corp. out of a few thousand dollars...and he intended to keep milking MS for more money!!
http://news.com.com/2100-1040-874987...ed..ne_9610412
What a loser!
-Jim
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04-03-2002, 10:21 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2002
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:wink: Well, it keeps him off the streets eh? Just think, he could be out mugging old grannies!
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