Google is mad as hell and isn't going to take it anymore -- that is, from Leo Stoller, an Illinois man who has been demanding settlement payments from the Internet giant in a trademark dispute over the word "Google." Stoller reportedly has sought settlements from companies for using the words "stealth," "fable" and "trump." Last week, Google sued Stoller under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, also alleging that he threatened to cause Google's "total destruction" unless it settled.
January 30, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
Google is mad as hell and isn’t going to take it anymore — that is, from Leo Stoller, an Illinois man who has been demanding settlement payments from the Internet giant in a trademark dispute for using the word “Google.”
The 60-year-old Stoller, it turns out, is a one-man demand machine. Through the years he has reportedly sought settlements from numerous companies for using the words “stealth,” “sentra,” “fable” and “trump.”
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