Domain Talk Blog » mikerowesoft.com http://www.domaintalkblog.com Domains and Domain Registration Thu, 25 Nov 2010 02:51:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.3 microsoft.com domain dispute http://www.domaintalkblog.com/2008/03/18/microsoftcom-domain-dispute/ http://www.domaintalkblog.com/2008/03/18/microsoftcom-domain-dispute/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:26:37 +0000 Domain Man http://domaintalkblog.com/2008/03/18/microsoftcom-domain-dispute/ Continue reading →]]> There are two interesting domain situations with Microsoft, the actual domain microsoft.com was not at dispute, however two versions have been. First, the domain micros0ft.com with a zero instead of the letter ‘o’ was registered by the company Zero Micro Software which later abandoned the domain after the registration was suspended when Microsoft filed a protest. The domain registration eventually expired and Vision Enterprises of Roanoke, TX registered the domain and apparently expired in 12/2007. Currently the domain is regisitered for another year however the whois domain lookup does not reveal the registrant.

In a second incident, a 17-year-old high-school student named Mike Rowe registered MikeRoweSoft.com. Microsoft then contacted him to give up his domain asserting confusion among the public for a name that sounded like theirs. Long story short, Microsoft now owns the domain name.

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