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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AustraliansPosted:

BDB That company is going to get rich, which I had that domain :)


It was registered in 2004, weird how they chose that name xD

KatsumiPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
Katsumi
RaheemSterling_31 Surely they've offered them a good amount for that domain..


They may just end up doing that seeming that they have recently lost the dispute


If they really want the domain they will have to pay some money for it. I don't see them getting it for free now that they were denied.


They shouldn't of launched the dispute in the first place.. They could of just payed them out and got it over with. Now there will be a lot more trouble to follow

TaigaAisakaPosted:

Katsumi
RaheemSterling_31 Surely they've offered them a good amount for that domain..


They may just end up doing that seeming that they have recently lost the dispute


If they really want the domain they will have to pay some money for it. I don't see them getting it for free now that they were denied.

KatsumiPosted:

RaheemSterling_31 Surely they've offered them a good amount for that domain..


They may just end up doing that seeming that they have recently lost the dispute

TaigaAisakaPosted:

RaheemSterling_31 They should be able to get it. I don't think it will be THAT much trouble if they don't.


Unless they're willing to pay a lot for it, it won't be that easy to get.

TaigaAisakaPosted:

BDB
ShadowBoltDashie
Vortexes I have heard that some people aren't too impressed with the Wii U at this point. Maybe Nintendo should just buy the domain.


The Wii U isn't going through the best of times when it comes to sales. The Nintendo 3DS is doing pretty good but the Wii U, not so good. The sales might increase once the games that were revealed at E3 come out but we'll have to wait and see what happens.


Nintendo DS & 3DS were awesome, they were better then the PSP & the PSVita. But like you say the Wii/Wii U are bad.


Well no I didn't say the Wii or Wii U are bad. The Wii was pretty good imo but I got bored with it. I haven't owned a Wii U so I don't know how it is. I meant that the Wii U is having a bad time with sales. Wii on the other hand did pretty good with sales but Wii U is not the case this time.

LWRPosted:

They should be able to get it. I don't think it will be THAT much trouble if they don't.

LWRPosted:

Surely they've offered them a good amount for that domain..

MentalistPosted:

ShadowBoltDashie
Vortexes I have heard that some people aren't too impressed with the Wii U at this point. Maybe Nintendo should just buy the domain.


The Wii U isn't going through the best of times when it comes to sales. The Nintendo 3DS is doing pretty good but the Wii U, not so good. The sales might increase once the games that were revealed at E3 come out but we'll have to wait and see what happens.


Nintendo DS & 3DS were awesome, they were better then the PSP & the PSVita. But like you say the Wii/Wii U are bad.

MentalistPosted:

That company is going to get rich, which I had that domain :)


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