Mikerowesoft
Excel finally gets registered
News In January, Microsoft caused a dust up after demanding that Canadian teenager Mike Rowe transfer control of the domain name MikeRoweSoft.com to the company in exchange for $10. Microsoft introduced its Excel spreadsheet... [12 Nov 2004]
MikeRoweSoft teen flogs legal documents on eBay
News Mike Rowe, the Canadian teen whose MikeRoweSoft.com website caught the attention and ire of Microsoft's Canadian trademark attorneys, has put documents related to the conflict up for auction on eBay. By Monday morning,... [03 Feb 2004]
Microsoft backpedals on MikeRoweSoft threats
News Microsoft has admitted it may have made a mistake in threatening Mike Rowe for using his website, mikerowesoft.com Rowe, a student from Vancouver, registered mikerowesoft.com to front his part-time... [20 Jan 2004]
Gates and Co get legal with Mike Rowe over MikeRoweSoft.com
News Microsoft has set its lawyers onto a 17-year-old software writer from Vancouver, called Mike Rowe, because he has registered MikeRoweSoft.com, which the company said infringes on its trademark rights. [20 Jan 2004]