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."

Comments

The difference is clear

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows is a trademark.

Lindows is a tradmark.

Completely different thing.

Re:Sigh

[jbrocklin]

Of course Microsoft (or any other company) is going to fight something like this.

Unless they were going to do something like stop using the "windows" term...switching instead to a name of a kind of bull. But that's just crazy talk.

No

[eclectro]

Anything windows-sounding is a tardmark.

Re:Sigh

[Evil Adrian]

I doubt anyone would be confused if they went to a store and saw Windows next to Lindows.

So it would be perfectly OK to start a car company called Yolkswagen, and sell a Getta model?

Dear Lindows:

[utexaspunk]

Take the free Xbox and run!

your friend,

Mike Rowe

Remember Sesame Street

[bonkedproducer]

Someone needs to Show Microsoft this:

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"One of these things is not like the others... one of these things doesn't belong... one of these things......."