In the latest development in one of the Internet’s most celebrated and protracted legal disputes (Apr. 8 and links from there), pet store owner Robert Novak has announced that the Alabama Supreme Court has dismissed a default judgment against him arising from a case filed by attorney John Benn of Sheffield, Ala. Novak has also regained control of the domain petswarehouse.com, which had for a while been taken over by his adversaries. The controversy originally arose when Novak sued members of a listserv who had expressed dissatisfaction with their experience as customers of his Long Island-based pet store; he has also sued a widening circle of list operators, search engines and other online intermediaries. See PetsWarehouse site; press release, Oct. 5; Defense Fund; PetsForum; Dynamoo.
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