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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A man can disparage a hair-restoration company on a Web site using the company's name without violating copyright law, an appeals court ruled Monday.
Bosley Medical Institute in Seattle sued former client Michael Kremer after he created a Web site in 2000 in a "bald-faced effort to get even" with the company, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said.
Kremer, who had been unhappy with the outcome of his hair restoration, used the company's name in the Web site address, www.bosleymedical.com. The company claimed his use of the name was trademark infringement.
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