Microsoft recovers Xbox Kinect domain names.
Last month I wrote about how Microsoft had filed seven UDRP cases at the end of December for Kinect domain names.
Today rulings in four of the cases were handed down and Microsoft won each of them.
That includes wwwKinect.com, a typo of Kinect.com. Microsoft didn’t own Kinect.com at the time it filed the case, but has since purchased it from a marketing group.
The company also won MicrosoftKinect.com, KinectGameStore.com, KinectWorld.com, and KinectPeople.com.
You’d think that the company would have done some proactive work, at least on MicrosoftKinect.com, before announcing the product.
Consider yourself forewarned if you own any domain names with “Kinect” in them. Especially if they are parked or offered for sale.
martinj says
Thanks for the news.
A newbie question this pharps.
i am curious to know weather the owners of those typo domains had (to) lost anything($$$$$) other than just handing over those domains?
Andrew Allemann says
@ martinj – not in these cases, but if they sue you then you can be fined $100k per domain plus your legal costs.