Microsoft arrogance

**Phantom** · 02-01-2004, 11:57 AM

How they go after Mike Rowe for MikeRoweSoft, which is the dudes NAME for petes sakes, and ignore www.mycrowsoft.com
which is obviously NOT the name of a person??

Microsoft sucks hate them, short their stock, send them nastygrams.

they are legal bullies. Of course it always figures that the nerdy types would spawn a culture of tattling and paperwork since they got pushed around at school.

**DotLeader** · 02-01-2004, 03:36 PM

MikeRoweSoft isnt a name of a person MikeRowe is
he registered the domain as it sounded like microsoft and admitted it you could say that with any company .. why does playboy go after me when that names taken already for what you know they may already be "after" them they just may not be mediahungry like mikerowe

**domainduck** · 02-02-2004, 11:51 AM

Microsoft has been very tolerant of xbox domain names considering that each one that is online promotes their product.

quack :-D

**DaddyHalbucks** · 02-02-2004, 04:01 PM

Why shouldn't owners of famous, registered, and distinctive trademarks get to determine how THEIR marks are used?

**Steen** · 02-02-2004, 06:06 PM

MS is doing the right thing imo.

I just wish they sued him

**Phantom** · 02-06-2004, 11:12 AM

Originally posted by DotComCowboy
Why shouldn't owners of famous, registered, and distinctive trademarks get to determine how THEIR marks are used?

Well for one thing Mike Rowe is not a mark. Its a dudes name. Just because it SOUNDS similar IF you mispronounce it, is not his fault. You would have to prove that he registered it with the intention of causing confusion, which cannot be done. Nobody would glean from you telling them "Microsoft.com" vs MikeRoweSoft...no one is going to go to MikeRoweSoft.com because of that. If anything, its a liability to Mike Rowe.

The proper pronunciation of "Mike Rowe" would have the normal separation and emphasis you provide to any name. "Micro" is pronounced differently as it part of one word.

But according to you, the situation would be different had he just registered "MikeRoweSoftware" instead of "MikeRoweSoft"

**DaddyHalbucks** · 02-07-2004, 02:04 PM

You would have to prove that he registered it with the intention of causing confusion, which cannot be done.
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Mike Rowe ADMITTED he knocked off MicroSoft's name. Case closed.