Is microsoft going to kill me?

[spadez8]

Hey guys,

I recently purchased the domain www.office2008.co.uk with the intention of starting my own website based on selling office supplies, however i now realise that there is the connection to the microsoft office 2008 software that has recently been brought out.

Am i correct in thinking that as long as i do not display anything related to the microsoft product or use it to lose microsoft revenue, then i am in the clear?

James

 

[BitcoinDK]

Now the real reason for you regging it comes out, you wanted to take advantage of the name office 2008, which Microsoft promoted, and wanted to park it or sell it

For one if you park it, you may risk that there will be ads from Microsoft at your site, if this happens, you can say anything you want, you will loose the domain as fast as you can blink

If you try to sell it, who would be bip enough to buy it?

So play along with your first lying and develope it to a minisite, at least this way you can run it until Microsoft decides enough is enough and sue your ass of

So like everybody else has told you before just drop it, its not the trouble worth, find a better domain, there are lots of them.

By the way office2009.co.uk is taken, what will you do after one year? try to buy the other guys domain? just find another my friend, why the headache its not like you have hit the jackpot with this domain, even without the TM, its not good

 

[spadez8]

Now the real reason for you regging it comes out

The real reason i registered it is because i wanted to sell office equipment in the year 2008.

Surely it isnt a problem if microsoft advertises on my site, but it is a problem if another competitor advertises on my site?

I like the domain for my e-buisness, and for the $9 bucks for a year that i paid for it, there is really no reason not to keep it. If microsoft contact me, they can have it, they wouldnt waste money suing me when i would hand it over.

 

[superprogrammer]

Thread closed!

 

[Ronald Regging]

Considering that you are offering to sell the domain in your sig, your motives are quite transparent.

People have given you lots of reasons why you should drop this name, but you don't want to listen. If you want to be labeled a squatter or end up getting sued in order for Microsoft to set an example, thats your prerogative. But it's obvious you didn't post for advice, but rather for validation of your actions. From the looks of the thread, I think the consensus has spoken that you won't find that here.