Microsoft Sues Dentist For Cybersquatting

[Charley]

Microsoft Sues Dentist For Cybersquatting


Microsoft has filed a trademark infringement suit against a California dentist who has registered more than 40 Internet domains with names similar to the software maker's products or brands.
The domains registered by Dr. Saed Said are "identical or confusingly similar" to Microsoft's trademarks, the company claims in court papers filed in U.S. District Court in Northern California. The domain names registered by Said include aMicrosoftShop.com, aMicrosoftStore.com, XboxOutlet.info, and XboxMarket.mobi.

Microsoft claims Said operates the domains in a deliberate attempt to confuse Web surfers looking for the company's products. "The person has been diverted from the Microsoft Web site he or she was seeking to visit, and Microsoft has lost the opportunity to interact with that person," the company claims in the lawsuit, which was filed in August.

 

[Shane]

{ Taken From The Dentist's Reply To Microsoft }

Dear Microsoft,

I'm writing to you in reply to your lawsuit regarding my trademark infringing domains. I must tip my cap to you as I have found your lawsuit to be quite biting, and upon further review I have determined it has a lot of teeth to it. I don't know if there is much wisdom in me trying to keep the domains in question as you will probably be successful in extracting them from my domain portfolio. I had hoped to bridge the gap between our sides, but I believe fighting this lawsuit would probably leave an enormous cavity in my personal finances (in fact, I may end up as an indentured servant to you), though if my oral arguments were to achieve a win... there are enough anti-Microsoft people out there that I might receive a plaque, possibly even a crown. To get to the root of my decision, I have decided to let you take possession of the domains in question. Though I don't want to give you the brush off and I hope I don't strike a nerve, I have to say that this situation has caused a great deal of decay in my personal relationship with your company and I will no longer buy any of your products.

Sincerely,
"The Dentist"

***hopefully, it's obvious I'm joking here -Mark

ROFL!! Now that is funny