Microsoft Achieves Pyrrhic Victory


HOOFDDORP, the Netherlands, May 7 /PRNewswire/ --     On Wednesday 7 May 2008, the court ruled that the domain name MSNLOCK
will become the property of Microsoft. With this decision Microsoft achieved
a Pyrrhic victory. They win the lawsuit against Carola Eppink, mother of
three children and one of the brains behind Unicaresoft, but lose the battle
for the public opinion.

Carola has received a great deal of support from people all over the
world, from the Netherlands to Italy, from India to Japan and from America to
Russia, which has underlined how urgent and widespread the lack of parentally
controlled internet security is. The fact that her product Benzoy is already
being used by thousands of families only strengthens this position and
characterises the social problem of children, who have difficulty detaching
themselves from chatting / 'MSN-ing' and/or the Internet.

Commenting on the ruling, Carola said, "Of course we are saddened by the
fact that the judge has given the domain name MSNLOCK to Microsoft and that
he doesn't allow this reference to trademark. When everybody is eating
tomatoes, we cannot talk about pickles. When 90% are using MSN, we can't
think up an appropriate alternative name."

That other MSN domain names with explicit pornographic content are still
online, certainly doesn't render Unicaresoft speechless. The many years
that the protection of the trademark MSN has been neglected are impossible to
fix within 2 weeks. Unicaresoft indisputably showed that Microsoft can't
pursue a consistent brand policy, as evidenced by the hundreds of domain
names with the letter combination 'MSN'. Despite the fact that the name MSN
even is used often by obscure parties who seduce and/or mislead children and
young people, the use of MSNLOCK as a referred trademark is not permitted for
the protection of our children.

Carola added: "Just talking about it is not enough. Growing up is about
testing the boundaries and raising children is about setting them. That
having boundaries is a necessary part of growing up is a view shared by
parents and young people alike."

Therefore, Unicaresoft will continue its mission to protect children and
young people from the harmful effects of excessive MSN and Internet use, keep
improving Benzoy and further develop the product in the short term for use in
schools.

About Unicaresoft

Unicaresoft Corporation develops software that offers security for
vulnerable groups such as children and young adults. Unicaresoft Corporation
stands for safety and security for the Internet, but also security where it
concerns chat addiction of children and young adults. Unicaresoft Corporation
is an initiative of concerned parents and software developers, who have
chosen to collaborate in developing more secure and safe software products
for parents and their children.

http://www.unicaresoft.com/press

http://www.benzoy.com

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