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Thread ID: 41736 2004-01-20 22:47:00 Microsoft sues again Chilling_Silently (228) Press F1
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208819 2004-01-20 22:47:00 This just came through on the NZ Lug list and I thought I'd post it here:
[url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,1127295,00.html]
www.guardian.co.uk

Feel a bit sorry for Mike Rowe, but that's some pretty impressive support he's getting! :-)

Cheers


Chill.
Chilling_Silently (228)
208820 2004-01-20 22:54:00 That story is on all most all the US & other country forums I have been too. stu140103 (137)
208821 2004-01-20 22:57:00 www.theregister.co.uk stu140103 (137)
208822 2004-01-21 01:45:00 That is as silly as the Harrods one in the North where the owners of the restruant had the last name of Harrod. mikebartnz (21)
208823 2004-01-21 01:53:00 I find it so hard to believe that a multi billion dollar corporation so afraid of a 17 year old using their real and legal name of Mike Rowe and the word soft after it for a web page. Heck while it might sound like it MS one look and any brain dead moron would know it aint them.

What's more I can't believe that they actually unleashed not just one of their high priced lawyers on him, but sent forth a whole platoon of them. For crying out loud microshaft stop trying to be so damned dominating.
Odin (227)
208824 2004-01-21 10:38:00 They[Microsoft] have now backed down completely from this and issued an apology.


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revspecies116 (3916)
208825 2004-01-21 10:50:00 I read an article earlier, basically the outcome was something along the lines of:
"We take trademark issues seriously, but possibly a little bit too seriously in this case."


Yeah right...
Chilling_Silently (228)
208826 2004-01-21 11:54:00 Which foot did they shoot off this time. mikebartnz (21)
208827 2004-01-23 07:54:00 ** Bump ** stu140103 (137)
208828 2004-01-23 08:00:00 > Feel a bit sorry for Mike Rowe, but that's some
> pretty impressive support he's getting!

I don't.

He knew who Microsoft were when he signed up for his domain, and used the combination of his name and the word "soft" as a play on Microsoft's registered trademark. As such Microsoft had a right to challenge it.

Mike.
Mike (15)
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