ATLANTA (AP) -- In Georgia, a federal judge has sided with a man whose satirical Web site likens Wal-Mart to the Holocaust. The judge rejected the Arkansas-based company's claims that Charles Smith's Web site and satirical products violated Wal-Mart's trademark. The judge said Smith's products qualified as protected noncommercial speech because his goal was to criticize Wal-Mart, not to make a profit from his products.
  
The 50 year-old computer store owner from Conyers, Georgia, said he was "elated" by the ruling. He set up his Walocaust Web site, and later a Wal-Qaeda Web site, because he said Wal-Mart was "taking over the world."
  
Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sharon Weber said the company is studying the decision and considering an appeal.
  
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