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After a long legal battle, Compaq Computer Corp. paid $3.35 million to Alta Vista Technology, a California software company, for altavista.com.
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-214326.html
It took a few years and a reported $3.3 million, but Compaq today said the news is official: it now owns the coveted domain name "www.altavista.com." [News.com]
http://news.cnet.com/2100-1023-242935.html
Digital Equipment (DEC) has filed suit in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts against the Campbell, California-based multimedia software company AltaVista Technology Incorporated, (ATI) over use of the AltaVista name, which is the trademark of DEC's popular search engine. [News.com]
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