Microsoft sues over brand in Dutch programme curbing kids on Internet

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Microsoft offices in Herndon Virginia. Microsoft is suing a company run by a Dutch mother because it had started using a Microsoft domain title in computer programmes aimed at curbing childrens use of the Internet.
Microsoft offices in Herndon, Virginia. Microsoft is suing a company run by a Dutch mother because it had started using a Microsoft domain title in computer programmes aimed at curbing children's use of the Internet.

Software company Microsoft said Monday it is suing a company run by a Dutch mother because it had started using a Microsoft domain title in computer programmes aimed at curbing children's use of the Internet.


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