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Podcast: Exploring Three Geo-related Lawsuits
By Joe Francica and Adena Schutzberg
March 10, 2009

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This week we look at several lawsuits within the geospatial community that have made news in the past few weeks. While we are not legal experts or lawyers, we will explore what they may "really" be about. Microsoft is suing TomTom; the Borings of Pennsylvania are going after Google once again and Pictometry and GEOSPAN continue to duke it out about patents.

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