Microsoft

jimmyf · 01-20-2004

this poor kid, Microsoft went after him, Asswipes

His name is Mike Rowe and he has a little software Company

http://www.mikerowesoft.com/

TeenGodFather · 01-20-2004

If the guys name is Mike Rowe I can't see microsoft winning.

Carrie · 01-20-2004

Hrmm.
They have a couple of points. It *does* sound just like their name when spoken, and his first response to them *was* to demand money for the domain rather than a simple "no".
They say his intention all along was to extort a selling price for exploiting their name and they've got a good case to prove that simply by his own emails.

Still, it's petty. But lawyers are hired to do petty things, *sigh*. I wonder if Bill even knows about this. Probably not.

Mary34D · 01-20-2004

there's also one called http://mikerosoftxp.com

jimmyf · 01-21-2004

Quote:

Originally posted by TeenGodFather@Jan 20 2004, 08:58 PM
If the guys name is Mike Rowe I can't see microsoft winning.

My friend said Microsoft dropped it. The kid had to get a lawyer though.

Last edited by jimmyf at Jan 20 2004, 09:11 PM

pushpills · 01-21-2004

mikerowesoft.com is 1k on alexa today

i looked up mikerowsoft.com but it was taken :angry:

Torone · 01-21-2004

He's just a smartassed cybersquatter...defense fund=free money.

sarettah · 01-21-2004

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml...02&section=news

Microsoft lightens up on teen's Web site
Tue 20 January, 2004 20:24

TORONTO (Reuters) - Microsoft has indicated it may have overreacted to the Web site of Canadian teenager Mike Rowe who added the word "soft" to his name and registered the address mikerowesoft.com.

"We take our trademark seriously, but in this case maybe a little too seriously," Microsoft spokesman Jim Desler said.

"We appreciate that Mike Rowe is a young entrepreneur who came up with a creative domain name, so we're currently in the process of resolving this matter in a way that will be fair to him and satisfy our obligations under trademark law," Desler said

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