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An incredible fight, ultimately settled, between Sandman Table Tennis LLC and the World Table Tennis Federation over the purported trademarks WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP OF PING PONG and PING PONG.See http://www.likelihoodofconfusion.com/?p=8943

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