Activision Seizes "ModernWarfare3.com" from Battlefield 3 Fanboy

[CptainCrunch]

From kotaku.com:

Two months ago, after discovering that the owner of "ModernWarfare3.com" was first using the site to spew some fanboy hate about the game, and then redirect visitors to Battlefield 3's official site, Activision moved to seize the domain. Yesterday, it won.

Domain watchdog Fusible reports that the National Arbitration Forum ordered the name transferred from Anthony Abraham to Activision. The publisher was required to prove modernwarfare3.com was identical to, or similar enough to cause confusion with, one of its trademarks; that the domain name was registered and used in bad faith, and that Abraham had no rights or legitimate interests with respect to the doman. The NAF found Activision proved all three, which is the standard under the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) policy for settling such disputes.

So it seems that the website is now in the hands of Activision. The redirect stunt did get a lot of publicity and I don't think anyone is suprised of this outcome. Will the next lawsuites be against Google and EA and their German translation of "ich liebe Battlefield 3"?

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[RangerXML]

Re: Activision Seizes "ModernWarfare3.com" from Battlefield 3 Fanboy

Two words, about time.

[nemes1s3000]

Haha, what a bunch of buttholes, crying about a website that redirects? Come on, like that's gonna make a huge difference in how crappy your game will be.

[jimykx]

Re: Activision Seizes "ModernWarfare3.com" from Battlefield 3 Fanboy

Haha, what a bunch of buttholes, crying about a website that redirects? Come on, like that's gonna make a huge difference in how crappy your game will be.

Touche

[azalea]

Would you like it if someone created nemes1s3000.com and redirected it to for example a child porn site? BF3 will be ok but also it will be BC2 with jets. It's not like the CoD alternative is any better.

[Eagle101]

BC2 with Jets = BF3 dude you are seriously in denial or just a i dunno - no comment.

[Stryker]

COD has to do everything it can to compete with the beast that is BF3...Man, honestly, MW3 can't even compete with BC2, it looks like s***

[azalea]

Yes, Eagle, BC2 with jets. The gameplay videos are practically of the same thing; even the interface is extremely similar. Don't get me wrong - I very much enjoy it - but don't mistake it for some kind of gameplay revolution. It won't be.