We know how much Ashcroft and the neo-con thugs are trying to make the American Constitution's First Amendment irrelevant, but here's a case settled by the US Court of Appeals in favour of an individual whose surname happened to be the same as that of a big multinational.

Nissan Motors sued Mr Uzi Nissan for setting up a website registered as nissan.com. After winning their case, the decision was overturned in Mr Nissan's favour at appeal.

Details on the Public Citizen website: http://www.citizen.org/pressroom/release.cfm?ID=1767.

See also www.ncchelp.org.