On Sept. 10, Microsoft Corp. filed suit in the Western District against Canadian resident Oleksiy Kovyrin, Digi Real Estate Foundation, and John Does, alleging that the defendants are the registrants and users of 70 domain names that infringe Microsoft’s trademarks and violate the Anticybersquatting Consumer Protection Act.
At issue in the case is defendants’ alleged use or intentional misspelling of Microsoft’s MICROSOFT, MSN, WINDOWS, and other registered trademarks in domain names including microsoftaccessdatabase.com, microsoftantivirus.com, microsoft-developer.com, msnaccount.com, msnantispyware.com, msnhotmai.com, msnhotmial.com, msnmessenger.com, msnsearch.com, windoms.com, windowmoviemaker.com, windowsmedaiplayer.com, and windowsserver.com.
Microsoft alleges that “Many of the Infringing Domain Names resolve to websites that are controlled by Defendants…. Many of these websites display advertisements and/or hyperlinks featuring goods or services that are directly competitive with Microsoft products and services.”
Defendants have not yet answered the complaint.
The case cite is Microsoft Corp. v. Kovyrin, No. 07-1398 (W.D. Wash.).