It would appear that Nintendo do not own the domain name WiiU.com. While most companies buy up a bunch of domain names related to products that may or may not ever see the light of day – this particular domain has remained out of reach for Nintendo.
Registered back in 2004, the owner of the domain doesn’t want to give up the domain and Nintendo has lost a claim attempt at the domain through the World Intellectual Property Organization.
Nintendo will likely now have to pay out the domain owner. It won’t be cheap as previously Nintendo didn’t have the Wii.com domain back in 2006 and had to pay out for that too.
Nintendo has made a statement to Kotaku about the domain.
[quote]Nintendo’s efforts to recover the domain name wiiu.com through a Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy administrative proceeding were unsuccessful. Nintendo has a strong history of protecting against infringement of our intellectual property rights and we are continuing to review our legal options. This decision does not impact Nintendo’s ability to enforce against violations concerning intellectual property.[/quote]
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