(subscription required): In a case that could change the nature of online shopping, a federal judge ruled that trademark and copyright laws don’t bar advertisers from launching pop-up ads over the content of other parties’ Web sites. The ruling — released Friday by Gerald Bruce Lee, a U.S. district judge in Alexandria, Va. — is a blow against Web-site operators seeking to maintain control of the ads that appear when people call up their sites
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