20 January 2004
Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft
Posted by Zane under: News .
Personally, I think Microsoft may have over-stepped their boundaries on this one. For crying out loud it’s the poor kids name, plus ’soft.’ I guess Microsoft felt threatened by a 17-year-old with a part-time web design company. “Microsoft says it may have been overaggressive in threatening Web entrepreneur Mike Rowe over the name of his Web site, Mikerowesoft.com.”
Read the Story on Cnet.com
UPDATE: Microsoft To Take Over MikeRoweSoft.com. Did Microsoft have a guilt conscience? Or, maybe their trying to buy him off? Well, it appears that they’re doing just that along with trying to clean up the bad publicity that they’ve received from the case. You be the judge!
Read the Story on CNN.com
Read the Story on Cnet.com
UPDATE: Original WIPO Book & 25-page Letter On eBay Apparently Mike Rowe is selling the book on eBay. Here is what the auction says, “This is your chance to own a piece of Internet history. This is the book shown on TV, Internet, magazines and talked about on the radio and seen by millions of people world-wide. I am selling the WIPO book with the 25-page letter I received from Microsoft’s lawyers on January 14/2004. I have two copies of these and I will be keeping one for my own personal memoirs. This inch-thick book contains copies of web pages, registrations, trade marks, other WIPO cases, emails between me and Microsoft’s lawyers and much more. There are 27 annexes filled with information. This package also comes with the 25-page complaint transmittal coversheet that was sent with the inch-thick book. In this letter you can find policies, rules, supplemental rules, model responses, copy of complaint and much more. Take advantage of this once in a lifetime opportunity.” Current Bid is $47,100.00
eBay item 3382073018 (Ends Feb-05-04 22:24:05 PST) - Mike Rowe Official WIPO Book As Seen On TV
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