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MikeRoweSoft bids fail to make the grade
News Sky-high bids for papers associated with the trademark dustup between Microsoft and MikeRoweSoft.com came crashing to earth on Monday, after the seller put a curb on who could bid. Mike Rowe, the Canadian teen whose MikeRoweSoft.com Web site caught...
[February 3, 2004, 7:30]
MikeRoweSoft garners funds to fight back
Talkback I just read that one reader 'correctly' feels Microsoft will lose its future right to contest trademark infringements if it fails to contest MikeRowesoft. This assumes that MikeRoweSoft is in fact an infringement of Microsofts copyright, which has...
[January 20, 2004, 12:10]
MikeRoweSoft garners funds to fight back
Talkback I wish you all the luck in the world, if these jerks can't discern the difference between ,( MikeRoweSoft.com ) and Microsoft.com.then they are as dumb as the ones that can't discern the difference between( Lindow's.
[January 20, 2004, 18:48]
MikeRoweSoft garners funds to fight back
Talkback I don't care about Microsoft or Mikerowesoft, I am not a computer geek, but an average user. I don't have a vandeta against either of the 2 parties, but I will express the voice of your average user who uses a PC for work.
[January 20, 2004, 13:10]
MikeRoweSoft garners funds to fight back
Talkback I don't care about Microsoft or Mikerowesoft, I am not a computer geek, but an average user. I don't have a vandeta against either of the 2 parties, but I will express the voice of your average user who uses a PC for work.
[January 20, 2004, 15:43]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback Down with MikeRoweSoft! Microsoft Rule!
[January 20, 2004, 13:09]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback mikerowesoft.com should stay with the kid as his name is within the URL. I doubt the kid spent $10,000 on the site and should be a little less conservative with the selling price.
[January 19, 2004, 15:39]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback If Microsoft believes their customers will be confused by the existence of mikerowesoft.com, then they hold an extremely dim view of their customer's intelligence.
[January 19, 2004, 15:56]
MikeRoweSoft settles for an Xbox
News Canadian teenager Mike Rowe, who shot to fame last week after Microsoft decided to threaten him for registering and using the domain name MikeRoweSoft.com, has settled out of court with the software giant.
[January 26, 2004, 8:25]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback I can't tell you HOW many times I have mistakenly spelled "Microsoft" "Mikerowesoft". For the longest time I thought that the maker of my Office product was some guy in Vancouver. I often send my extra cash to the maker of my OS and my favorite...
[January 19, 2004, 16:32]
Microsoft: We took MikeRoweSoft too seriously
News Microsoft has admitted it may have made a mistake in threatening Mike Rowe for using his Web site, mikerowesoft.com Rowe, a student from Vancouver, registered mikerowesoft.com to front his part-time Web site design business in August 2003.
[January 20, 2004, 13:20]
MikeRoweSoft garners funds to fight back
News Rowe, a student from Vancouver, registered the domain mikerowesoft.com to front his part-time Web site design business in August 2003. Microsoft's legal department may be busier than they anticipated during the next few months, because in the past...
[January 20, 2004, 11:04]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
News Microsoft has set its lawyers onto a 17-year-old software writer from Vancouver, called Mike Rowe, because he has registered MikeRoweSoft.com, which the company said infringes on its trademark rights.
[January 19, 2004, 15:10]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback Mikerowesoft.TV is for sale on EBay. Follow link.http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ViewItem&item=3655942063
[January 20, 2004, 5:44]
Microsoft: We took MikeRoweSoft too seriously
Talkback MS is certainly obliged to vigorously defend its trademarks if it wants to keep them, so objecting to mikerowesoft.com is perfectly reasonable, even to the point of litigation if necessary. But well short of such bullying, MS could just as...
[January 20, 2004, 15:33]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback Try acessing MikeRowesoft.com -- it is forbidden. So who controls the internet ?
[January 19, 2004, 22:21]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback I must say, that even though I hate to see the little guy go down, iIt seems pretty obvious to me that "MikeRoweSoft" was an attempt to capitalize on the name recognition of "Microsoft". Funny play on words?
[January 19, 2004, 20:02]
Software giant threatens mikerowesoft
Talkback "If Microsoft believes their customers will be confused by the existence of mikerowesoft.com, then they hold an extremely dim view of their customer's intelligence. Umm.yeah! When has MSFT ever shown that they think of their customer base as...
[January 20, 2004, 14:54]
Microsoft: We took MikeRoweSoft too seriously
Talkback MikeRoweSoft is not a trademark.MICROSOFT is. And for the poor fool mistaking Lindows for Windows, you sir, do not deserve to own a computer. At least Lindows doesn't refer to "sheets of glass designed to allow light pass through such as in a house...
[January 20, 2004, 19:18]
Microsoft: We took MikeRoweSoft too seriously
Talkback The bottom line is that the kids name is Mike Rowe and not MikeRowesoft. I believe that Microsoft is being punished because they have all the money. To add that little section infringes on their trademark, PERIOD.
[January 20, 2004, 18:16]
