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Top 10 Stories of 2011: #2 Activision battles for ModernWarfare3.com domain

Activision won rights to the domain ModernWarfare3.com in early September, bringing a saga that dragged on for months to a close. My coverage of the whole affair from beginning to end drew thousands of thousands of page views, along with mentions from nearly every major video gaming news site and blog. It was Activision’s decision to file […]

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Finally, ModernWarfare3.com points to official Call of Duty MW3 website

The domain name ModernWarfare3.com is finally being re-directed to the official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 website. Activision won rights to the web address in early September, after online taunting by the previous owner Anthony Abraham who had lashed out at Activision in a series of statements and videos that appeared on the then ModernWarfare3.com website.   […]

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ModernWarfare3.com to re-direct to official MW3 web site, any day now

It’s good news for all the fans of the Call of Duty franchise.  The domain name ModernWarfare3.com has transferred over to Activision’s domain server that hosts other names like CallofDuty.com, which likely means only one thing:  ModernWarfare3.com will finally resolve to the official MW3 website any day now. Earlier in the week, Activision’s trademark attorneys at Millen, […]

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ModernWarfare3.com: Activision’s attorneys take official control of domain

In what has been one of the most highly publicized struggles for a domain name, Activision’s trademark attorneys at Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C, have officially taken control of ModernWarfare3.com from Anthony Abraham as of September 21, 2011, after winning the dispute over the web addresss earlier in the month. Now all that’s left to do is to […]

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ModernWarfare3.com domain name battle ends with an Activision triumph

The domain battle between Anthony Abraham and Activision over ModernWarfare3.com has come to an end. A three-member panel of the National Arbitration Forum has ordered the domain name transferred. Earlier this year Anthony Abraham launched an unofficial fan site for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, attracting thousands of Facebook fans in a matter of days. In […]