4Chan Founder Moot Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Startup Moot.It

Re:4Chan Founder Moot Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Start... by Jabbles on Monday November 19, 2012 @06:29PM (#4806891)

I wonder whether Moot's lawyer discussed this with him beforehand, or if it's just standard procedure that has attracted a lot of attention this time round.

Secondly, did Moot.it's lawyer threaten to sue Moot's lawyer? Can you do that? Can you sue the lawyers of your opponents? I imagine that could get very nasty.

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Re:4Chan Founder Moot Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Start... by petercooper on Monday November 19, 2012 @06:35PM (#4806917)

With some minor exceptions, you can sue anyone for anything in the US. You just won't get very far unless you have a reasonable basis.

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Re:4Chan Founder Moot Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Start... by icelancer on Monday November 19, 2012 @06:54PM (#4807010)

>With some minor exceptions

The federal government, for one.

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Re:4Chan Founder Moot Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Start... by waltermorgan on Monday November 19, 2012 @07:14PM (#4807080)

Yup, if someone threatens to sue you for bullshit, you can sue them, in your own jurisdiction, for declaratory judgement. That way you can save yourself from getting embroiled in a multi-year bullshit case in someone else's jurisdiction, and get a quicker ruling (declaratory judgement) that the threat is indeed bullshit.

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Re:4Chan Founder Moot Sends Cease and Desist Letter to Start... by waltermorgan on Monday November 19, 2012 @07:16PM (#4807084)

in this case, though, it's not immediately obvious it's bullshit... imho

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