The German retailer "Metro" is considering suing the freesheet newspaper group Metro International again following a court victory in Hungary, which forced the company to change its Budapest paper's title from Metro to Metropol. The cash-and-carry group argued that the newspaper's use of the name was an infringement of its copyright. Now it might launch similar lawsuits in France and Italy. A court in Hamburg has taken already barred Metro International from publishing under the Metro title in the German market. (Via Newspaper Innovation)
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