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Why does Internet Explorer identify itself as Mozilla?
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My version of Internet Explorer uses the following user agent: Why does it do this? Theoretically, can Mozilla Foundation sue Microsoft for use of their trademark?
Error Output
User-Agent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; blah blah blah
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Regarding theoretical possibility of lawsuits, Super User cannot provide (valid) legal opinions. However, as to why IE identifies itself as Mozilla in the user-agent string, see this (somewhat tongue-in-cheek) blog post for the nitty gritty. Essenti…
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