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Questions over the Windows Trademark

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the seizing-control-of-the-english-language dept.

TTop writes "As part of the Lindows lawsuit, the judge has preliminarily ruled that there are 'serious questions regarding whether "Windows" is a non-generic name and thus eligible for the protections of federal trademark law.'" I've always been bothered by Microsoft's habit of naming things using common words (Then again, my history of naming things includes confusing and bizarre names like 'Slashdot' and 'AnimeFu' so what do I know? :)

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  1. Ouch... by weave · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The irony is quite rich. They try to smack down some small company naming a product called Lindows and end up losing the much bigger prize, the exclusive use of the word Windows.

    Someone in Redmond is kicking themselves in the ass right now...