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Joojoo terms of sale violate PayPal rules

It would seem that the Fusion Garage lawyers have become so embroiled in the Michael Arrington litigation that they’ve neglected to read the PayPal User Agreement. There in section II, subsection 4, dubbed “Prohibited Transactions,” it states that the seller agrees “not to use [his] PayPal account to sell goods with delivery dates delayed more than 20 days from the date of payment.” Why does that matter — well, because the sole means to purchase the Joojoo at present is by placing an 8 to 10 week pre-order, payable exclusively through PayPal.


Engadget talks Joojoo, Arrington, 3G, and more with Fusion Garage’s Chandra Rathakrishnan

We had a chance to sit down and talk with Chandra Rathakrishnan of Fusion Garage yesterday for a more in-depth discussion than our previous meeting provided, and we learned a few interesting tidbits about both the Joojoo , as well as the company’s highly public troubles with Michael Arrington (before the latest move ).


TechCrunch sues Fusion Garage over the Joojoo — we break it down

Okay, well here we go. Michael Arrington says he filed a lawsuit yesterday against Fusion Garage over the CrunchPad / Joojoo situation, and he’s helpfully provided a copy of the complaint, which alleges false advertising, breach of fiduciary duty, misappropriation of business ideas, fraud, and unlawful business practices. You’ll notice that list doesn’t include any breach of contract or intellectual property claims — a fair departure from what Michael said he’d be suing over , but not entirely surprising since it doesn’t seem like there was any contract here at all.


Fusion Garage Joojoo tablet rises from the ashes of the CrunchPad

Fusion Garage has finally come clean with its side of the story in regards to the CrunchPad debacle, and just unveiled its new Arrington-free version of the device: the Joojoo. The way Fusion Garage tells it, the device was already in the works at the time of the original TechCrunch post about the idea, and that Michael Arrington and co