Leo Stoller Targets CastleCops (!)
June 27th, 2006 by gadi, Filed under: Commentary, Privacy, Law
Leo Stoller is targeting CastleCops, apparently trying to bully them into paying him settlement money for their trademark.
CastleCops are doing important work in the realm of anti phishing, for no charge.
It pisses me off considerably when injustice online is done, especially when it is done to those who can’t afford expensive lawyers!
Leo Stoller is known for such attacks, and apparently makes a living from it. You can read about him here, here and here.
You can read more from CastleCops who are going live in a couple of minutes here:
http://www.castlecops.com/a6615-Leo_Stoller_targets_CASTLECOPS_Trademark.html
CastleCops is one of us, and it hurts us all when one of us is targeted.
Gadi Evron,
ge@linuxbox.org.
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[…] Others carrying this story include Microsoft MVP Donna at her Security News Flash and SecuriTeam blog. The story has been Digged (dug?) with a mention that Stoller went after Google at one time. I guess you can say this for Stoller—he has balls. But can he make an honest living? It seems like he wants to prey on the little guy and do what I think amounts to extortion. There’s a 3 page discussion at BroadbandReports.com and the folks there do not have a high opinion of Stoller, what a surprise. […]
Everybody wants to make a buck, but why put your hand in a hornet’s nest?
Perhaps because you didn’t know the hornets were there?
A shyster by the name of Leo Stoller…