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:PC World: Court Allows Lindows to Keep Its Name
PC World: Court Allows Lindows to Keep Its Name
May 28, 2004, 12 :15 UTC (6 Talkback[s]) (6167 reads)

(Other stories by Joris Evers)

"In a case that could have forced Linux vendor Lindows to change its business name worldwide, a Netherlands court ruled this week that Lindows' current limited use of the Lindows name does not violate Microsoft's Windows trademark.

"After it lost an earlier case in the same Amsterdam court over the use of the Lindows name, Lindows changed the name of its operating system product and corresponding Web site to Linspire. However, it kept Lindows as its company name..."

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The Register: Microsoft Loses Lindows Appeal(May 24, 2004)
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internetnews.com: Lindows Concedes Name to Microsoft in Europe(Mar 15, 2004)


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This is a very interesting aspect in the ...   Windows a generic term   
Rob Oats
May 28, 2004, 13:31:27
 
The whole reason M$ stuck with the name  ...   of course "windows" was a known term   
Drew Kraus
May 28, 2004, 13:56:11
 
The Netherlands court should have seen f ...   Too little, too late   
SpingFish
May 28, 2004, 16:54:25
 
> This is a very interesting aspect in t ...   Re: Windows a generic term   
Jurgen Defurne
May 28, 2004, 18:42:24
 
What always struck me as odd is that the ...   Re: Too little, too late   
jo
May 31, 2004, 23:17:47
 
In the Netherlands "windows" is not a ge ...   Re: Re: Too little, too late   
jj
Jun 1, 2004, 13:59:21
 
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