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by account42 1123 days ago
> A settlement was eventually reached

Or in other words, we didn't get to find out how well it would work.

> Robertson opined that – had legal proceedings ensued – Rowe would have made a strong argument for keeping his domain, as he was using his real name and was not claiming to be affiliated with Microsoft.

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>> Or in other words, we didn't get to find out how well it would work.

What small company or individual has the tens of thousands of spare dollars to actually litigate/defend? It doesn't matter if a settlement was reached or whether a strong argument was made --- if you have to spend 10k, or 15k, or 20k to go retain lawyers...it hasn't worked out well!