Fighting Microsoft In Small Claims Court
from the man-to-man dept
Some guy who has been selling a "gag gift" for years called the "pocket pc" was upset to learn that Microsoft registered the domain pocketpc.com over a year ago. So now, he's taking them to small claims court to win the domain (and $5,000 in sales he feels he's lost out on). I think the guy is going to have serious problems proving a trademark violation, but if that's what he wants to do. It'll at least get him a lot of publicity in the meantime.
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He should have gotten off his butt
However, if a big company or personality can appeal and take a domain away from legitimate small company then the reverse should be true. If this fellow had a real business selling gags then he may have a case.
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