AT&T dissin' Verizon and gets sued

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Verizon has filed accommodate against AT&T request a U.S. District Court in Manhattan to dominion that Verizon'due south claims to be "America'south Near Reliable 3G Network", "America's Best 3G Network" and "America's Almost Reliable Wireless Network" are truthful. Equally if our Courtroom Arrangement doesn't have enough to sort out.

Verizon took offense when AT&T chosen the claim "misleading", "false" and could not be supported. According to Verizon, "AT&T's challenge relies on the premise that speed is an essential element of the standard for measuring network reliability." Every bit if we don't need speed on out networks?

Mark Siegel, an AT&T spokesman stated that "Verizon's merits that speed is not a relevant factor to a reliable 3G network is preposterous. Data network speed is an essential gene to consumers when it comes to data manual on their wireless devices. The 3G reliability claims made in ads by Verizon Wireless are faux and misleading."

Every bit silly as it sounds, if Verizon should win this adapt, they will have Court affirmation that they have "America's Nigh Reliable 3G Network". I wonder what Sprint will have to say about that?

This reminds the states of Apple'south latest battle with Microsoft over the "Laptop Hunter" ads Microsoft is currently running. The original advertisement named Apple specifically with statements such as "This Mac is $2000 and that's before adding anything.". Afterward complaints from Apple tree, Microsoft voluntarily changed the wording to "It seems your paying a lot for the brand." All this makes you wonder how other competitors accept survived the "ad war" without suing one another.

For those sitting on the border of their seats on this one, the example cite is Verizon Wireless v. AT&T Mobility LLC filed in the U.Due south. District Court for the Southern District of New York, case number 2009-6656. Personally, I think this might be better suited for Judge Joe Brown instead.

[Read: Reuters.com]