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.
Comments on “Fighting Microsoft In Small Claims Court”
He should have gotten off his butt
He should have gotten off his butt and registerted the domain name before MicroSoft came out with a competing product. Yes they are competitors, the plaintiff sells a gag gift and MicroSoft sells…
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.
Re: He should have gotten off his butt
He has more of a business selling PowerPCs than Microsoft does. AFAIK, they don’t sell PCs at all, and definitely not PowerPCs.
Re: Re: He should have gotten off his butt
Pocket PC, not Power PC. I agree with the first reply – in this case it looks like first come, first served and he is just SOL.