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Wednesday, July 24, 2002

24 July 2002
Uncensored StopE$$o French site sets up in Texas

London-24 July 2002 -The International StopEsso campaign has today set up a new and uncensored French language website in Texas, following Esso’s legal action against Greenpeace France over its internet use of the company’s logos.

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Tuesday, July 9, 2002

9 July 2002
Court Rules that Greenpeace must stop subverting Esso France logo
Paris, Monday, 8th July, 2002: A Paris judge has ruled in favour of Esso France and ordered Greenpeace to stop using a parody of the Esso logo in its StopE$$o campaign in France, pending a full hearing of the case.

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Friday, July 5, 2002

5 July 2002
French court ruling on Monday

Paris, 1 July 2002 - A French judge has reserved his decision on a lawsuit brought by oil giant Esso against Greenpeace in France over the use of logos on the StopEsso website.

Judge Cinoche, in the First Chamber of the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris is expected to hand down his ruling on Monday 8th July over the StopEsso website's use of a logo which Esso alleges will cause the public to think of the infamous SS. Esso is marketed as Exxon and Mobil globally.

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