Ken Bellanger
AP/Ben Margot [26K]
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Entrepreneur Ken Bellanger is certain he has a strong case against Microsoft
for trademark infringement, but a conventional lawsuit would never stand a chance
against the software giant's cache of high-paid lawyers. So Bellanger is taking
his beef to a place made for little guys — small claims court. Claiming that Microsoft
Corp. illegally latched on to the name ``Pocket PC'' for its handheld computer operating
system, Bellanger paid $20 last week to file a small claims complaint against the
Redmond, Wash.-based company.
The dispute is scheduled to be heard Feb. 22 before a small claims commissioner
in San Francisco. With the case, Bellanger hopes to win the maximum $5,000 award
allowed in California's small claims courts and establish his legal right to the
Web address pocketpc.com, a site that Microsoft launched two years ago.
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