Which is more righteous--Digg or The Dig?
Elinor Mills Former Staff Writer
Elinor Mills covers Internet security and privacy. She joined CNET News in 2005 after working as a foreign correspondent for Reuters in Portugal and writing for The Industry Standard, the IDG News Service and the Associated Press.
George Lucas' company is taking on popular news aggregator Web site Digg. A few weeks ago, Lucasfilm Entertainment filed a challenge to Digg's trademark application, claiming that Digg is "confusingly similar in sound, meaning and appearance" to The Dig, a video game Lucas Entertainment released. Digg filed its application with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in January 2005, according to the documents. Neither a Digg spokesman nor an attorney for Lucasfilm returned calls seeking comment.