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You might remember some news kicking up back in early July about the website ModernWarfare3.com suddenly redirecting all visitors to the homepage for Electronic Arts' competing holiday 2011 title, Battlefield 3. Activision justifiably wasted no time in taking legal action against the offending domainer owner, and the Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 publisher has emerged victorious.
A three member panel decided in the company's favor after Miami resident and former ModernWarfare3.com domain owner Anthony Abraham failed to make a case for "Modern Warfare" being a generic term (via gamesindustry.biz). Probably tough to make the case when the site that existed at that domain before the redirect was filled with anti-Call of Duty rhetoric.
The lawsuit was first filed with the National Arbitration Forum (check out the official documents at Fusible) on July 15, and it cost Activision just $2,600. As legal matters go, this one seems like it was pretty open-and-shut.
Source: gamesindustry.biz, Fusible
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m.lucero89
I play airsoft and can find replicas of my favorite guns at www.airsplat.com and when I'm not playing fps are my way to stay on point.
CrackpipeSymptoms
its only 2,600 US dollars! it would be nice to see Activision donate the money and not pocket it for their own selfish greedy needs. notice how anyone now will take quick action for a quick cheap buck any little chance they get.
MarioSal
I love playing first person shooter games because I get to use the models of my favorite airsoft guns. Not the same as the real thing, but just as good on a rainy day, or 3 in the morning when the neighbors are asleep. I go to this link because I can find airsoft copies of the guns from my favorite games: http://www.airsplat.com/airsof t-video-games.htm.
MarioSal
I love playing first person shooter games because I get to use the models of my favorite airsoft guns. Not the same as the real thing, but just as good on a rainy day, or 3 in the morning when the neighbors are asleep. I go to this link because I can find airsoft copies of the guns from my favorite games: http://www.airsplat.com/airsof t-video-games.htm.
DBMgamer
just dam silly, is activision going to go after the constitution next. "It says the right to bare arms and nothing has more arms than COD your Honor!"
UnJakeable
Bobby can suck the magic stick it's only a matter of time before There is no more MW just like GH
TurnBackThePendulum
For all the little battle field fan girls booing activations, shut up you people are the most idiotic fanboys I ever meet. So what you are all saying is I should be able to make a site making fun of battlefield and calling it players stupid with no taste. Better yet should I mention your users names on that site and make fun of you. Would you cray and take eas side if they did the same thing as activision? You all would because you love ea so much, honestly your hatred of activision and them trying protect there product is sad. I know you kids do not understand what a businesses is or what it means to have a product and protect it.
Also for all the normal people on this site I like both battlefield 3 and Modern Warfare 3 but these retarded g4 battlefield fans are so stupid that it annoys me. Who cares there both good games and they are 3rd party so this is not even a console war. stop making it seem like a war llike the idiots at ea. Activision is being a better company this time around then the idiots at ea. I read more storys this year making me hate ea.
cbouwkamp
People buy domains all the time expecting other people to pay big money to buy the domains. How is this any different besides the fact he put what he wanted on it first? Sounds like they just wanted the domain and didnt want to pay big for it like normally done by companies
steveredd
wow activison just went down another 5 in my book.
Oinkness
This ruling strikes me as unconstitutional. You shouldn't have to prove any intent with a domain that you own. You should be protected under the first amendment to do anything you want within the boundaries of the law, which this guy did.
rGrayMiller
Of course they won, they have way more money than the other guy.
Hellfire87
He was not sued for "having an opinion", he was sued for having a vebsite with the same name as the Modern Warfare Brand without getting express permission from Activision, and then on top of that it was taking people away from that brand to another (Battlefield 3).
As much as I dislike Activision, they are well within their right to sue this guy.
DigitalGibs
Booooo.. What kind of world do we live in where you get sued for having an opinion. I wonder how much Activision paid the board to rule in their favor.
"Everyone has a price" - Kotick
I may be paraphrasing something that he may not have ever said... but it sounds right and that's all that matters. I'll probably get sued for saying that...
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