Microsoft files to recover Xbox One domain

That'll be the day if they can't get the domain from him somehow... I can picture the guy's face with the iconic trollface, haa ^^

They have a right to the domain name. Obviously, anyone typing in xboxone.com into the address bar would expect to go to the website for the new Xbox one system. Currently the owner has the site parked, i.e. not even being used, my guess is he had some inside info or made a very lucky guess. MS should make him a reasonable offer for the domain before pursuing any legal action, as the financials of the legality alone will cost more than what the guy is probably willing to take. If the guy tries to railroad MS as far as payment, MS will win the domain through arbitration, and rightfully so.

If they don't pay (good amount of money) the guy, but just 'force' him to hand over the domain, it's just another stupid thing done in front of their decreasing fanbase.

cheers

website will be given to microsoft. Only way the guy would have legal grounds to keep it i believe is if it was being used as a xbox site in a positive way. Since the site is not even being used and the person is basically just squatting on it Im pretty sure it will go to microsoft.

"Recover" means that you had something in the past, it got stolen from you, and you want it back. What you're trying to do from this guy isn't recovery, it's theft. He's had that domain for 2 years already! Just pay him and be done with it!

Unless he is doing something with the name, he won't be allowed to keep it or sell it.

Nice! Time to pay up Microsoft! lol

@jammylambo @Branden_Lucero @hydrobeast fanboy? bitch please. i multi-game on everything INCLUDING pc. fanboys are worthless.

If this is trademark infringement then why was he or she aloud to register the name in the first place? Go daddy should pay the owner a large settlement and then ms gets the site.

They're gonna have to pay this guy for the URL.

why does microsoft care so much how hard can it be to come up with a new website name

well, Xbox is a Microsoft Trademark... They can take it whenever they want if the want to. They shouldn't have to pay for their own Trademark, he should have to pay Microsoft to use it.... Its like branding Cows, I brand my cow AW, and any cow that I see with that branding is now entitled to me.. (of course I used a simple argument, but you get the point)

They should have to pay the guy for the website.

How do you recover something you never had to begin with? If they choose to not create the url themselves, that's their bad. Might be a good thing to look into before you come up with the final name.

ROFL.

I really hope this claim doesn't hold water. Really ridiculous.

"recover" implies microsoft owned the domain sometime in the past, somehow had it taken away from them, and now want it back.

Is that the case, or is Microsoft just looking to take something that doesn't belong to them?

Ms should have named it xbox12532613, it is also a random number and i doubt this one is taken.

dealwithit MS.

Haha. Just kidding. If this guy is a domain squatter then I have no sympathy for him. I have no sympathy for MS anyways and I don't understand with all the billions spent on Xbox One, why can't they just pay him say $5000 and get it from him??? Or maybe even $10,000.

The guy legally owns this domain and that is how this system works. You can own a domain and if someone else comes and makes a product with that name, you shouldn't be able to get it like MS is trying.

If someone makes a product called Windows later on, they cannot sue MS and get that from them. Although a little less similar, the concept here is that the guy owns the domain and MS should just pay him and get it instead of appearing douchey and evil in court.

Pay the guy. You had it and lost it. That's how domain names work: somebody on your payroll forgets to renew it, it's not yours anymore. Why should this guy have to be dragged to court because Microsoft was lazy? And he's owned them for years. Pay him or wait until 2016 and hope he forgets to renew them too.

you can pay 400m for an NFL deal and you can't pay a resident off who's already a fan for the Domain ? just give him a free x1 with lifetime membership and some free games. He's a fan don't toss him to court like that ... cruel!

when did microsoft turn straight up evil?

I find this case a lot less interesting than it initially sounded thanks to @allty123 and @fleshpeddler . If the owner at least made an effort to turn those two domains into the #1 Xbox fan site on the web... There are regulations in place now to make "I beat you to it" an increasingly impossible argument. They are public information for all to read. I hope the owner saves everyone time and just let them go.

XboxOne's announcement included several details, albeit indefinite, that got me angry too, mainly because I feared it would set a bad precedence in the industry, but I don't want to criticize MS when they are in the right. It just takes away from other valid criticisms.