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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- When a competitor's pop-up ads started appearing on its Web site, Utah-based Internet retailer Overstock.com sued.
But Utah's highest court has thrown out the case, ruling that such a Web war didn't violate any laws of commerce.
The Utah Supreme Court said the pop-up ads from SmartBargains didn't deceive shoppers because they appeared in a separate browser window.
The court threw out the case on Tuesday. Overstock filed the lawsuit in 2004.
No competing pop-up ads could be found Wednesday on Overstock's Web site.
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