Xbox$360 and time served...

[slaughterbeck]

I see all of these Xbox360 domain names and it has me wondering if Microsoft’s legal department goes after any of these.

The name Xbox is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation but everyone seems to have at least a few domain variations using it.

I guess my question would be, are there any concerns regarding the possible legality of owning such domains.

 

[Joseph]

xboxrules.com for example has been around for years.. but it promotes all the good things about the xbox.

If you are publically saying how good the console and games are its basically free advertising for microsoft from a source that is not any way linked or affilitated with Microsoft.

Its a good business strategy.

 

[JoshHendo]

I am the webmaster of www.googleforums.org and google hasn't come after me..... but google is google and microsoft is microsoft. Big difference lol

 

[dgridley]

My theory is: for development, you always run the risk of eventually losing a TMed domain if it's too visible (i.e., popular)... you may, or you may not. Some corps are aggressive in protecting certain TMs, some aren't. It's a matter of luck most of the time... just be aware the possibility of litigation is always present for a TM, no matter what anyone tries to tell you otherwise.

 

[Dave_Z]

I'd say microsoft's attorneys are looking at those names and trying to figure
out which they can and can't take . Given the number of UDRPs they've gone
thru, they'd surely have some ideas.

 

[ApeXX]

If they are showing all of the positive things of the Xbox, why would microsoft make them remove the content and the domain? It is free advertising for them. However I am sure that although they won't admit it, they go after those sites like xbox360sucks.com.

 

[Jonathan]

xboxtrucchi.com

"The Respondent registered the disputed domain name <xboxtrucchi.com> on February 27, 2003, and is using the domain name to provide ring tones for cellular telephones, and pornographic text messages for cellular telephones, as well as links to explicit pornographic web sites."

hackingxbox.com

"The home page of this website is headed "Hanky Panky College". It is stated on this page that the website contains "sexually-orientated adult content which may include visual images and verbal descriptions of nude adults, adults engaging in sexual acts and other audio and visual materials of a sexually-explicit nature"."

xxx-box.net

"The website apparently offers mobile telephone ring tones, logos and banner space. The Panel has not been able to verify the exact nature of the services offered as the website is not in English. However, the site also features offensive and pornographic material."
"Previously, the Respondent’s website displayed a logo which was almost identical to the Complainant’s XBOX logo mark but this logo mark has since been removed from the website. The Complainant annexed printouts from the site showing the logo XXX-BOX in a form and script which is the same as the Complainant’s XBOX logo mark."

xboxchaets.com xboxcheets.com xboxliv.com xboxmagizine.com

"The website links to pornographic sites, such as for example "Spy Videos!!/Dirty Dirty Celebs", "MTV Hardcore Sluts" and "Young and Slutty". When the User exits the Hanky Panky college website, the User is forced to exit a number of successive websites which contains a large amount of links to several other sites including MP3 downloading software, online gambling sites etc, a process called "mousetrapping"."

xobx.com

"Respondent uses the domain name at issue to resolve to a web site that states: "This page is not here yet. Perhaps this site is more helpful." The text is accompanied by a picture of Nintendo's Game Boy Advance console, a product directly competitive with that of Complainant"

I had posted this in another forum awhile back.

Here are the only ones that I could find that had something to do with Xbox. I think if you have a site that has to do with Xbox with some actual good content, you won't have any problems. Just don't go with porn or Nintendo.

I mean, hackingthexbox.com doesn't belong to Microsoft. So they obviously didn't have a problem with the 'hacking' aspect of hackingxbox.com. They just didn't like the adult content.

 

[GJ]

I am the webmaster of www.googleforums.org and google hasn't come after me..... but google is google and microsoft is microsoft. Big difference lol

LOL, You have a fourm about Google yet use Clicksor adverts!