Tuesday, January 20, 2004

 

What's in a name?

I first heard about Mike Rowe on Countdown w/Keith Olbermann and I wasn't sure whether I should laugh or be outraged. Still, I'm on the fence about it, although I usually do root for the little guy in situations like this.

What's the situation? Mike Rowe, a Canadian high school kid registered the domain name MikeRoweSoft for his Web design company. Bill Gates and company, including their law firm Smart & Biggar -- no joke! -- aren't too happy about that. One of the arguements is that customers may be confused. In my opinion, if a customer confuses MikeRoweSoft Design for Microsoft, said customer is too stupid to be online in the first place.

At any rate, The Register has an excellent article that explains the legal angles and what's been going on so far.

posted by Anne 1/20/2004 05:33:00 AM