DeGeorge told officials he suspected the explosion was caused either by "hit men" working for the opposite side in a hotly disputed case he was litigating--a "suspicious-looking fishing boat" had circled his yacht, he said--or by the negligence of a repairman who left flammable material near a stove.

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Case in point: Best Buy has disputed more than a dozen geek-themed trademarks in the past decade, The Wall Street Journal reported in June, citing federal records.

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