Court gives green light for Craigslist lawsuit against competitors

Court gives green light for Craigslist lawsuit against competitors:

The popular classified advertising site Craigslist cleared an important hurdle on Monday as a federal judge refused to dismiss its lawsuit against several competitors. The ruling means that the startups Padmapper, 3taps, and Lovely will continue to face an expensive legal battle with their deep-pocketed rival.
Craigslist sued 3taps and Padmapper last summer. 3taps operated Craiggers, which provided an alternative interface for Craigslist listings. Padmapper displayed Craigslist apartment listings on a map years before Craigslist itself began offering a map view for its listings. Craigslist later amended its complaint to include Lovely, another site that republishes Craigslist listings, as a defendant.
Craigslist alleged a laundry list of misdeeds, including copyright and trademark infringement, breach of contract, and violation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The defendants moved to dismiss Craigslist's claims. But on Monday, Judge Charles R. Breyer refused to dismiss most of the charges.

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