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Mikerowesoft.com revisited
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posted by mpawlo
on Monday January 26, @06:03AM
from the domain-name-games dept.
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As previously reported by Greplaw, Microsoft has demanded that Mike Rowe give up his domain, MikeRoweSoft.com. Rowe registered the name in August, and in November, he received a letter from Microsoft's Canadian lawyers, Smart & Biggar, informing him he was committing copyright infringement. He wrote back asking to be compensated for giving up his name. Microsoft's lawyers offered him $10.
'It's not their name. It's my name. I just think it's kind of funny that they'd go after a 17-year-old' Rowe was quoted as stating earlier.
Now, an unidentified Microsoft source is quoted as stating:
'We appreciate that Mike Rowe is a young entrepreneur who came up with a creative domain name. We take our trademark seriously, but maybe a little too seriously in this case.'
Read more at Cnet News.com.
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