Update: We’re not going to back down’: tiny Dorset B&B stands up to Airbnb’s legal bid to ‘monopolise’ letters ‘bnb

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Three little letters - bnb-side’s name is a play on the local b-side arts festival, but Silicon Valley colossus sees threat to global brand In one corner is bnb-side, a six-room bed and breakfast on the Isle of Portland – a tiny wedge of limestone tied by a narrow ribbon of shingle to the Dorset coast – that was created to support secure the future of the rock’s much-loved arts festival, b-side. The report also notes that On the other is Airbnb, the San Francisco-based booking colossus. The battle between them is over the three little letters they share.

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