⏰ In late January 2004, after news of a giant tech suing a 17-year-old made headline all over the world, Microsoft decided to soften up their stance and an out of court settlement was reached between the two. Microsoft then proceeds to take control of the domain name; and as for Mike, well, he got
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📰 In August 2003, a 12th grade Canadian student, Mike Rowe registered site under the domain name MikeRoweSoft.com as a phonetical pun to the tech giant Microsoft for his part-time web-design business. A month later, he was contacted by Microsoft’s Canadian
⚖ Cybersquatting in Malaysia is defined and governed under Malaysian Network Information Centre Berhad (“MYNIC”), an agency under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. You can learn more about MYNIC at https://mynic.my/about/about-mynic/.
📑 Unfamiliar with the procedure?<br
👤 You are cybersquatted when someone (i) registered a domain name under your tradename/mark or even your personal name without your consent; (ii) registered a domain name under your tradename/mark/personal name under a different extension (let’s say your domain name is mamak.com and