[ NNSquad ] Court Dismisses Craigslist Suit Against Competitors

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

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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