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The lawsuit against Neopets has been withdrawn. We have received confirmation that the parties reached a favorable agreement to resolve this dispute. Thank you for your commitment to protecting this space for its many users.

January 8, 2003

Chia pets greedy owners attack childrens site (neopets.com)

Chia pets greedy owners attack childrens site (neopets.com)

🏆 Won — 192 supporters Verified

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Started by Anonymous 24 years, 1 month ago
Joeseph enterprises, the company behind chia pets, is suing a free educational and entertaining childrens website www.neopets.com for alledgedly cybersquatting and stealing the name chia for the species of one of the neopets. This lawsuit endangers neopets ability to remain a free site and the 30 million user (80 % under 17) will have to look elsewhere for entertainment on the net, which will most likely drive them to sites of questionable moral content. this is to ask them to negotiate with neopets rather than sue them for every penny the site has. this petiton will be sent to [email protected] on july 30, 2002.

Updates

December 28, 2002

The feedback from users regarding this legal situation has been both passionate and deeply informative. I am currently organizing the messages received to ensure they are presented clearly to the representatives at Joseph Enterprises. Please continue to monitor this space for updates on the communication process.

December 28, 2002

The momentum behind this effort has grown significantly in a very short amount of time. It is encouraging to see so many people recognize the importance of protecting a platform that serves so many young users.

Reached 100 supporters

December 28, 2002

6 Comments

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Mark Hughes
24 years ago Featured

ridiculous lawsuit. nobody is confused between a plant and a digital pet. leave them alone.

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Sarah Ross
24 years ago Featured

i grew up playing neopets and it was the only site my mom let me visit. why do they want to ruin something so fun for kids??

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Rachel Alvarez
24 years ago Featured

so sad. they are just bullying a cool site that actually helps kids learn.

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David Atkinson
24 years ago Featured

leave neopets alone. they arent hurting your sales at all.

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Jessica Reed
24 years ago Featured

NEOPETS IS MY LIFE. DONT TAKE IT AWAY OVER SOME STUPID NAME!!

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Tyler Ferguson
24 years ago Featured

this is pure greed. 30 million people rely on this site to stay out of trouble online. hope they back off.

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