College Student Beating Microsoft In Court

from the good-for-him dept

Beck writes "A student at Kent State University sold a copy of two Microsoft software packages on eBay. He was then sued in federal court by Microsoft, who threw four lawyers at the case, making a number of claims and allegations. The student is representing himself and appears to be winning his case. Microsoft now wants to back out of the lawsuit, but the student won't let them out." The story linked there is fairly brief. A much more in-depth story includes all the gory details, but is BugMeNot required. The basic story is that he bought these two pieces of software legally, and was then sued for selling them on eBay. He spent time researching the legal claims, realized they were baseless and has countersued Microsoft. It's good to see someone not bullied and pushed aside once the high-priced lawyers come calling.
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    Anonymous Coward, 7 Mar 2005 @ 3:42pm

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    legend.

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    Omar, 7 Mar 2005 @ 4:00pm

    Where do I contribute to this guy's legal defense?

    Now this is a cause I could throw myself behind! Screw those star trek nerds...this is the type of stuff we need to be supporting!

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      seth, 7 Mar 2005 @ 4:34pm

      Re: Where do I contribute to this guy's legal defe

      Where do I contribute to this guy's legal defense

      If he's representing himself and in college, buy him beer.

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