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A Setback For Microsoft In Lindows Trademark Case

One Louder writes "Lindows.com is claiming victory in an important ruling in the Microsoft case - the judge ruled that the jury must only consider the genericness of the term 'windows' prior to the introduction of Microsoft's products, and that a term that is generic cannot be made ungeneric. Of course, in Microsoft's home turf, the story has a different spin. In other countries, they're telling judges that Lindows.com is an imminent threat requiring immediate injunctions, while in the United States, they're dragging the case out, perhaps for years, by appealing issues in a trial that hasn't even happened."

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  1. Re:Sigh by Skye16 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    That doesn't change the fact that they're going to fight it. It's understandable and expected. You're perfectly correct, but so was the parent.

  2. Re:Sigh by SirTreveyan · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Yeah..and a little chrome chicken as a hood ornament

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