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Last updated March 14, 2009 AltaVista Search Engine We prefer the AltaVista search engine because of its easy phrase usage. Google and most other search engines search only on the words you enter and you cannot search for phrases. For example, we did this search on July 12, 2008. The words trademark infringement motion for summary judgment. Google Sreach using trademark infringement motion for summary judgment Returned about 100,00 hits. A mish-mosh. The 4th one on page one included "trademark issues". The 5th one on page one inclded a "summary of Union Pacific". AltaVista Sreach using trademark infringement motion for summary judgment Returned about 538,000 hits. A mish-mosh. AltaVista Sreach using +"trademark infringement" and +"motion for summary judgment" Returned about 68,000 hits all with the phrases we wanted. Placing a phrase in quotes has the AltaVista search engine look for that phrase. You can search for more than one phrase. If there is a word or phrase you want includes on every hit, you place a "+" in front of it. You can seacrh for more than one phrase at a time or a combination of phrases and words. Also, say you see a pattern in the hits you want to exclude. Say you want to exclude Florida. Place a minus sign in front of the word Florida and AltaVista excludes any hits with the word Florida in them. Much better for legal searches than Google.

We are not lawyers nor have we received any significant assistance from any lawyers beyond our appeal to the Tenth District, which we won. The information presented here is based upon our experiences in federal court defending and prosecuting claims of trademark infringement and copyright infringement. It is presented to prepare you for what lies ahead should you end up in court. This outline is for those sellers who are thinking about representing themselves, pro se, in a court action. A business cannot represent themselves in federal court but individuals and unincorporated business can. The court rules and the federal rules are written by lawyers for lawyers. We try to put them into plain English here. These pages are not a complete analysis of everything that can happen. These are intended a guide and starting point. Always consult competent legal help.

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