Microsoft takes on teen's site MikeRoweSoft.com

[GI Joe]

Microsoft takes on teen's site MikeRoweSoft.com
Monday, January 19, 2004 Posted: 11:34 PM EST (0434 GMT)






VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) -- It's Microsoft versus Mike Rowe-soft.

Rowe, a 17-year-old high school senior and Web designer from Victoria, has angered the software giant by registering an Internet site with the address www.MikeRoweSoft.com.

"Since my name is Mike Rowe, I thought it would be funny to add 'soft' to the end of it," said Rowe.

Microsoft, however, is not amused


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http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/19/offbeat.mike.rowe.soft.ap/index.html

[Fox]

I'll just quote myself from my previous post on the same subject in a different thread: The only way he could get away with it in America is if it were a parody or some kind of social commentary on Microsoft. Obviously, though, he's trying to capitalize on the similarity between the names. In America this is a no-no. Remember Victor's Secret? http://www.bizjournals.com/louisvil...03/daily17.html They wisely changed the name to Victor's Little Secret and won the copyright infringement case. mikerowesoft is just too close. Maybe mikerowe'ssoftware.com he could get away with.
I won't bother to post a link because the thread is closed. Besides, I'm the only one who said anything intelligent in the whole thread.

[GI Joe]

I think he is located in Canada