Nintendo loses battle to take control of WiiU.com domain

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Nintendo has lost the fight to gain control over the domain WiiU.com after a complaint was filed back in February.


WiiU.com in all its glory...
The decision was posted to the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) website on Saturday, confirming that Nintendo's complaint to gain control of WiiU.com was denied, as reported by Fusible.

The domain has been registered by a company in Burlington, Massachusetts since 2004.

Fusible notes that WiiU.com was put up for auction, yet once Nintendo filed the complaint with WIPO the listing was removed. It appears that Nintendo will have to pay a sizable amount in order to have control of the domain.

WiiU.com is currently a placeholder site containing link to both Wii U and non-WiiU content.

There has been no explanation provided as to why Nintendo lost the case.

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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/416972/nintendo-loses-battle-to-take-control-of-wiiucom-domain/

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IlIuminatiPosted:

Jack-Wills Only just seen this, but looks like the owner of this domain will become a millionaire pretty soon.


I know. If he even decides to sell it lol

BxnHPosted:

Only just seen this, but looks like the owner of this domain will become a millionaire pretty soon.

gmlukensPosted:

Haha even with all of their money they couldnt get it

L33t-Ninja-MuchPosted:

they should come out with an actual gaming system that plays like the xbox and ps3 they have the money to hire better people in my oppinion

RuinsPosted:

Danimals this made me laugh. they had the domain since 2004. im glad they lost, they better start digging in their wallets if they want it that bad


lol Nintendo are just going downhill now

DanimalsPosted:

this made me laugh. they had the domain since 2004. im glad they lost, they better start digging in their wallets if they want it that bad

TaigaAisakaPosted:

M60
ShadowBoltDashie
Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
wok unlucky nintendo, wii u is doing bad enough, not making money, and now they need to pay big for this, not good.


They don't need to pay for it unless they want it that bad. The Nintendo website has it's own section dedicated to the Wii U so they shouldn't really be worried about a domain.


I couldn't really see Nintendo paying a large amount of money for a site like this, if they do then they are really wanting to get the WiiU's name out there


In all honesty they should just let the people keep the domain. They have their own on the Nintendo site so it's not really that big of a deal.


I know they should just put it on their main site as a subdomain


By going after the domain, they are just doing unnecessary work. The people with the Wii U domain aren't just going to give it over easily so Nintendo should just stick with the domain they have now.

IlIuminatiPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
wok unlucky nintendo, wii u is doing bad enough, not making money, and now they need to pay big for this, not good.


They don't need to pay for it unless they want it that bad. The Nintendo website has it's own section dedicated to the Wii U so they shouldn't really be worried about a domain.


I couldn't really see Nintendo paying a large amount of money for a site like this, if they do then they are really wanting to get the WiiU's name out there


In all honesty they should just let the people keep the domain. They have their own on the Nintendo site so it's not really that big of a deal.


I know they should just put it on their main site as a subdomain

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Katsumi
ShadowBoltDashie
wok unlucky nintendo, wii u is doing bad enough, not making money, and now they need to pay big for this, not good.


They don't need to pay for it unless they want it that bad. The Nintendo website has it's own section dedicated to the Wii U so they shouldn't really be worried about a domain.


I couldn't really see Nintendo paying a large amount of money for a site like this, if they do then they are really wanting to get the WiiU's name out there


In all honesty they should just let the people keep the domain. They have their own on the Nintendo site so it's not really that big of a deal.

KatsumiPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
wok unlucky nintendo, wii u is doing bad enough, not making money, and now they need to pay big for this, not good.


They don't need to pay for it unless they want it that bad. The Nintendo website has it's own section dedicated to the Wii U so they shouldn't really be worried about a domain.


I couldn't really see Nintendo paying a large amount of money for a site like this, if they do then they are really wanting to get the WiiU's name out there


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