National Law Journal covers the continuing tendency of companies to sue customers and others who post “gripe sites” complaining about their products and services (see Nov. 7 and links from there). “Currently, about a dozen gripe-site lawsuits are pending across the country.” Courts have been unfriendly to such suits, but some companies continue to pursue them, leading critics to suspect that they’re aimed at punishing the critics. (Tresa Baldas, “Trademark Lawsuits: The Price of Online Griping”, Dec. 2). There’s a site called webgripesites.com that monitors the action.
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