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Internet TV site FilmOn says in a new lawsuit that rival Aereo is trying to confuse and steal its customers by using a name similar to that of its own awkwardly named product. Billionaire Alki David's FilmOn claims that months before fellow billionaire Barry Diller's Aereo debuted in October 2011, it offered its own portable mini-tv antennae device with the irresistable name, "WinTV-Aero-m." Rolls off the tongue, doesn't it? To clarify, the suit isn't about which company has to use some variation on the name but rather which gets to use it. This is »
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