Cost Plus, Inc. Announces Settlement of Lawsuit.Business Editors OAKLAND Oakland, city (1990 pop. 372,242), seat of Alameda co., W Calif., on the eastern side of San Francisco Bay; inc. 1852. Together with San Francisco and San Jose, the city comprises the fourth largest metropolitan area in the United States. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 10, 2000 Cost Plus, Inc. (NASDAQ-CPWM) announced today that it has resolved the trademark and domain name dispute with World2Market.com, Inc. ("World2Market"). Under the terms of the settlement agreement, World2Market has agreed, effective September 30, 2000, to cease using the "World2Market" trade name and will use the www.world2market.com URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. internet address There are two kinds of addresses that are widely used on the Internet. One is a person's e-mail address, and the other is the address of a Web site, which is known as a URL. Following is an explanation of Internet e-mail addresses only. For more on URLs, see URL and Internet domain name. strictly as a linking device to a new web site. Said Murray Murray, river, Australia Murray, principal river of Australia, 1,609 mi (2,589 km) long, rising in the Australian Alps, SE New South Wales, and flowing westward to form the New South Wales–Victoria boundary. Dashe, Chairman, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. and President, "While the dispute presented no particular financial exposure to Cost Plus, we felt it was very important to protect our World Market trademark which we have spent so many years developing. We are pleased with the outcome, and will respond vigorously to any similar challenges in the future." Cost Plus, Inc. is a leading specialty retailer of casual home living and entertaining products which currently operates 120 stores in 19 states under the "World Market" and "Cost Plus World Market" names. |
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