Kinbook, LLC v. Microsoft Corp.

MEMORANDUM

GENE E.K. PRATTER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Kinbook, LLC (“Kinbook”), a small online social networking software company, filed this action against the Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) for unfair competition and reverse trademark infringement under the Lanham Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(a). Kinbook blames Microsoft’s release of “Kineet” (a controller-free motion sensor for its XBOX 360 video gaming console) and “KIN” (a mobile smart telephone) for the largely unsuccessful start of its “Kinbox” Facebook application. Specifically, Kinbook claims that Microsoft’s use of the…