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Xbox One Domains Owned By UK Resident, Whom Microsoft Is Now Suing

Xbox One Domains Owned By UK Resident, Whom Microsoft Is Now Suing

Posted by: Ernice Gilbert May 26, 2013 in Microsoft, News, Xbox One 3 Comments

Microsoft named its new console Xbox One, however the domain name has been owned by a UK resident for 2 years. What does a software giant do, then? Pay the guy some cash or take him to court? The latter is the order of the day, reports Fusible, as Microsoft has filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum (NAF) in hopes of capturing the domains for its use.

Both Xboxone.com and Xboxone.net are owned by a UK resident, who’s owned the domains for about 2 years.

Maybe MS wanted to purchase the domains from the guy and he probably wanted too much? Or maybe they simply decided not to give him a dime and chose the legal path instead?

How much would you charge MS if you were the one who owned the Xbox One domains?

I’d go with about $100,000. What did you say?

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  • Wolf1888

    Hum… And what are they suing him for? I mean, what is he guilty of?

  • Hailceaser

    if i was a judge i would force ms to pay him royalties for using the sites and damages for forcing a court case. since i’m not a judge odds are the poor guy will have his pants sued off of him simply for buying domain names.

  • Jason

    if i was that guy ill sell the domains to sony, so that it can redirect people to buy a ps4 ;)

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