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Nintendo loses battle to take control of WiiU.com domain - Sin - 07-04-2013
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Nintendo has lost the fight to gain control over the domain WiiU.com after a complaint was filed back in February.
WiiU.com in all its glory...
The decision was posted to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) website on Saturday, confirming that Nintendo's complaint to gain control of WiiU.com was denied, as reported by Fusible.
The domain has been registered by a company in Burlington, Massachusetts since 2004.
Fusible notes that WiiU.com was put up for auction, yet once Nintendo filed the complaint with WIPO the listing was removed. It appears that Nintendo will have to pay a sizable amount in order to have control of the domain.
WiiU.com is currently a placeholder site containing link to both Wii U and non-WiiU content.
There has been no explanation provided as to why Nintendo lost the case.
Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/416972/nintendo-loses-battle-to-take-control-of-wiiucom-domain/
WiiU.com in all its glory...
The decision was posted to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) website on Saturday, confirming that Nintendo's complaint to gain control of WiiU.com was denied, as reported by Fusible.
The domain has been registered by a company in Burlington, Massachusetts since 2004.
Fusible notes that WiiU.com was put up for auction, yet once Nintendo filed the complaint with WIPO the listing was removed. It appears that Nintendo will have to pay a sizable amount in order to have control of the domain.
WiiU.com is currently a placeholder site containing link to both Wii U and non-WiiU content.
There has been no explanation provided as to why Nintendo lost the case.
Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/416972/nintendo-loses-battle-to-take-control-of-wiiucom-domain/
RE: Nintendo loses battle to take control of WiiU.com domain - Canadian Geek - 07-04-2013
Yes, I was reading about this last night. I'm glade that Nintendo did not win. That may sound strange but the domain was there before Nintendo even had the Wii. So in my opinion they shouldn't have bothered.
RE: Nintendo loses battle to take control of WiiU.com domain - Judas - 07-04-2013
The domain was registered in 2004, lol
RE: Nintendo loses battle to take control of WiiU.com domain - Hemps - 07-04-2013
If this was Microsoft or Sony they would have got the domain.
RE: Nintendo loses battle to take control of WiiU.com domain - Guardian - 07-04-2013
The domain should stay put. Glad the case went this way.
That said, the company probably could have made a pretty penny by trying to sell it to Nintendo.