Won OfficeXP.com & Windows98.com.... or did i?

[tldrental]

lol.. I won the backorder drop of Officexp.com and Windows98.com from namejet.. apparently Microsoft dropped them. What do you think ... mistake.. ? Do you think they will delivery these to my account?

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[BiggieBiggie is verified member.]

Do you think they will delivery these to my account?

if they do deliver them....


be prepared if a C&D is delivered later.

 

[tldrental]

I am sure Microsoft is done with these and have used these names as much as it can serve them. Both Windows98 and OfficeXP are no longer supported products. So it make sense they would drop these names. However their are folks in 3rd world countries who have windows98 and officexp and to them it is brand new. Thus they could be utilized to serve underprivileged folks which the Gates are very big in philanthropy and would see benefit to the possibilities of these names... just a thought

 

[grcorp]

Office XP = a blog about your experiences at the office. Just like "office experience". But officeexperience.com is taken. So this was your alternative.

Windows 98 = you're installing windows in peoples' homes for $98. It is part of your business name just like 99 Designs.

 

[Mark Talbot]

Didnt MS drop hotmail.co.uk once?,.. picked up by a "good samaritan" that was promptly visited by a busload of lawyers from MS?

http://www.out-law.com/page-4049

 

[kmp]

Honestly, I wouldn't touch the names even if they were offered to me for free. It's not worth the headache of always sleeping with one eye open.

 

[tldrental]

Didnt MS drop hotmail.co.uk once?,.. picked up by a "good samaritan" that was promptly visited by a busload of lawyers from MS?

http://www.out-law.com/page-4049

big difference... windows98 and officexp are dead products... your example was a live product

 

[iBizStart]

What are you smoking? The screenshots show you backordered the domain, not won them

 

[grcorp]

Didnt MS drop hotmail.co.uk once?,.. picked up by a "good samaritan" that was promptly visited by a busload of lawyers from MS?

http://www.out-law.com/page-4049

Oh. Yes. That is hilarious!

 

[tldrental]

What are you smoking? The screenshots show you backordered the domain, not won them

well the refresh.. prior to the screen shot showed 3 minutes left in red for backorder bidding.

I clicked refresh to see the updated status of winner.. and thats is what I attached. ...which I admit puzzles me.

Hence the Post Title :::: Won OfficeXP.com & Windows98.com.... or did i? ::::

I am technically confused because this has never happened to me using Namejet.. where the messaging does not fit the results.

 

[Mark Talbot]

big difference... windows98 and officexp are dead products... your example was a live product

Maybe by version, but I recall "Office" and "Windows" ARE active products especially attached to the acronyms XP and 98.
I wouldnt even touch-em with YOUR hands.

 

[JohnnJohnn is verified member.]

Good luck and have fun trying to explain that to MS legal department.

Office XP = a blog about your experiences at the office. Just like "office experience". But officeexperience.com is taken. So this was your alternative.

Windows 98 = you're installing windows in peoples' homes for $98. It is part of your business name just like 99 Designs.

 

[Mark Talbot]

http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=4004:msensa.3.2

 

[silentg]

I would ask the registrar to delete the domains. No they're not dead TMs. Check the cases here > http://www.udrpsearch.com/naf/1434828 (date: 26-Apr-2012)

 

[cbk]

I agree TM's are a NO No. But why would they send in the lawyers for domain names they did not want anymore instead of just paying for multiple year renewals to protect their brand, $100? They new that would happen if they dropped, they are going to send CD letters for eternity.

 

[Mark Talbot]

I would suspect Microsoft has thousands, maybe tens of thousands of domain names.

Any one of which could get mis-managed or overlooked.

 

[Theo]

big difference... windows98 and officexp are dead products... your example was a live product

The trademarks are very much alive.

 

[Jeroen]

well the refresh.. prior to the screen shot showed 3 minutes left in red for backorder bidding.

I clicked refresh to see the updated status of winner.. and thats is what I attached. ...which I admit puzzles me.

Hence the Post Title :::: Won OfficeXP.com & Windows98.com.... or did i? ::::

I am technically confused because this has never happened to me using Namejet.. where the messaging does not fit the results.

It has several bids (and yours may be the highest) so just by judging the screenshots, it should go into private auction in a couple of days.

 

[katherine]

Why would you even backorder these names ? :?:

 

[ukbackorderukbackorder is verified member.]

I agree TM's are a NO No. But why would they send in the lawyers for domain names they did not want anymore instead of just paying for multiple year renewals to protect their brand, $100? They new that would happen if they dropped, they are going to send CD letters for eternity.

I was sued for $250,000 for a domain that earned me $7. I had to settle out of court for $10,000 (plus costs). No offer was ever made. Some companies don't care about offering you money - they just like to win. Personally I'd listen to what people are advising you here about deleting them if you got them.