Microsoft wins Xbox One domains

Microsoft has won its legal wrangling to take control of the XboxOne.com and XboxOne.net domain names, making it the first manufacturer to own names associated with its next-gen console.

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Microsoft has officially taken ownership of two disputed Xbox One domain names. Following the reveal of the console, the company filed a complaint with the National Arbitration Forum to obtain them from a resident of the UK.

That legal procedure has apparently worked, as Fusible reports that both domains have changed registrants to Microsoft. The Richard Law Group, which represents Microsoft in domain disputes, is listed as the administrative contact for the transfer. This includes both XboxOne.com and XboxOne.net.

Notably, this marks Microsoft as the first of the three manufacturers to secure a domain name associated with its next-gen console. Nintendo just recently lost its legal claim to the WiiU.com. Sony has not filed a complaint for PlayStation4.com, which currently redirects to a PlayStation news site.

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    July 17, 2013 2:10 PM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Microsoft wins Xbox One domains.

    Microsoft has won its legal wrangling to take control of the XboxOne.com and XboxOne.net domain names, making it the first manufacturer to own names associated with its next-gen console.

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      July 17, 2013 2:13 PM

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    • Ziz legacy 10 years legacy 20 years
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      July 17, 2013 2:19 PM

      Did they also get Xbone.com?

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      July 17, 2013 3:22 PM

      Some kid trying to tell his parents he wants an Xbox One for Xmas and ends up with the original Xbox would be a good video to see.

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      July 17, 2013 7:49 PM

      Did they get XboxOneSucks.com or XboxOneFuckedMyMom.com? What about
      efiwymderedrumdnadeparenoxobX.com ?

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      July 17, 2013 7:53 PM

      How weird, Nintendo lost their battle for WiiU.com yet MS wins theirs?

      Are there different places to dispute ownership or something?

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        July 17, 2013 8:12 PM

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        July 17, 2013 10:48 PM

        Wiiu was registered long before the wii even existed. The Xbox domains weren't.

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          July 17, 2013 11:13 PM

          Nintendo argued that the site was using the WiiU's name. The site said it had nothing to do with Nintendo. At the time if you went there it had links to Nintendo and the WiiU like a gateway site. Now it doesn't.

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      July 18, 2013 12:49 PM

      Good, f*ck domain squatters

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