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AT&T adds Verizon's Island of Misfit Toys holiday ads to lawsuit, demands they be yanked off the air

source: http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/atandt-adds-verizons-island-of-misfit-toys-holiday-ads-to...

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Well, you knew this was coming -- AT&T's amended its advertising lawsuit against Verizon to include Big Red's new holiday ads, including that oh-so-cute Island of Misfit Toys spot, and demanded that they be taken off the air. At question is the same map of AT&T's 3G coverage used in the other commercial, which Ma Bell says misleads customers into thinking it has no service at all in large swaths of the country. Best part? AT&T's lawyers had to describe the ad in their new filing, leading to passages like this:

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/12/atandt-adds-verizons-island-of-misfit-toys-ho...
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