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Article: Entrepreneur Magazine Suing Competitors Over Names.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 17, 2000
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Entrepreneur magazine's zeal on behalf of enterprising business owners apparently has its limits.
While Web-site domain names have become a common battleground in American business, with companies shelling out hundreds of thousands of dollars to buy their own names from Web squatters, Irvine-based Entrepreneur Media has taken the name game a step further: It's threatening legal action against anyone using the word "entrepreneur" in a Web site, even combined with other words or letters.
The company is suing Scott Smith, president and publisher of Sacramento-based Entrepreneur Illustrated, a quarterly publication containing press releases about various ...