Microsoft to Sue Cybersquatters

An anonymous reader writes "The Financial Times writes that Microsoft will launch a series of lawsuits against cybersquatters, and will urge other companies to help tackle what it says is a growing problem on the internet. Microsoft says it hopes its example will encourage other trademark owners to bring similar lawsuits: "Cybersquatting is a growing problem for brands around the world and we hope to educate other brand holders and encourage them to take action," said Aaron Kornblum, senior attorney on Microsoft's internet safety enforcement team."

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Oxymoron and PR Stunt?

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"Microsoft's internet safety enforcement team" seems an Oxymoron as many holes as IE has had to let bad things happen to your PC while on the Internet.

I also wonder if this is a PR stunt by Microsoft to win a few brownie points to offset the otherwise evil image held by a lot of techies? Courts have normally held that unless you own a brand name/company name that someone is squatting on you don't have much standing to sue. It's a free market otherwise. And I don't see M$ needing to sue about anything but THIER name and products.