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Lindows Ordered To Stop Using Lindows Name

Posted by michael on from the wah-wah-waaaaaaaaaahhhh dept.

TheSpoom writes "InfoWorld reports that Lindows, a distribution of Linux and other software designed to emulate Windows, has been ordered to drop their name after Microsoft won a preliminary injunction yesterday from judges in Finland and Sweden."

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  1. +5, Ironic by locknloll · · Score: 5, Interesting

    ...that it's just Finland, the cradle of Linux, where this happened...

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  2. Doesn't stop them by Cyclopedian · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I'm not sure, but I think this doesn't stop Lindows from selling it in the United States. The market for Lindows is greater in the US than outside of it, so this isn't as if the sky is falling.

    Right?

    -Cyc

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  3. didnt know? by jeffy124 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    i read an article on this earlier (dont remember if it was the one linked)

    a spokesperson for Lindows says that the company was unaware of the suits filed by microsoft in Finland and Sweden. This means Lindows didnt have opportunity to defend themselves. IANAL, and certainly not one overseas, but who's job is it to inform a defendant of a lawsuit? The court? The plaintiff (MS in ths case)? or (remember this isnt the US) does MS simply have to make their argument for preliminary injunction without the judge being presented counter arguments?

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