EToys Relents, Won't Press Suit
by Craig Bicknell
11:50 a.m. 29.Dec.1999 PST
EToys has given up its unpopular fight.
After being pilloried in news groups and deluged by angry email, eToys said on Wednesday it would not press its lawsuit against the Swiss art site etoy.
"People are telling us they want the art of etoy and the e-commerce of eToys to co-exist," said eToys spokesman Jonathan Cutler. "We've agreed. We're not pressing the lawsuit."
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EToys, the popular e-commerce site that sells toys, had sued etoy over rights to the name, even though etoy had been in existence well before eToys.
Etoy declined comment, saying it had not yet been contacted by the toy seller.
EToys said it would immediately notify etoy of its decision. Cutler stopped short of saying the lawsuit would be dropped, saying instead the company would not "press" the suit.
"We're moving away from the suit, and that's all I can say at this point," Cutler said.
He declined discussion of any conditions that might cause eToys to move back towards the suit in the future.
Cutler stressed that eToys never wanted, as critics charged, to stifle free expression on the Net.
"Our intent was never to silence free artistic expression," he said.
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