From: Mustafa Akgul (akgul@Bilkent.EDU.TR)
Date: Tue 17 Feb 2004 - 11:47:49 EST
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Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround
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Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 10:11:29 -0500 (EST)
From: David P. Dillard <jwne@temple.edu>
Reply-To: NetGold@yahoogroups.com
To: NetGold <NetGold@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: [NetGold] MICROSOFT : NEWS: Ruling Puts Microsoft's 'Windows'
Trademark at Risk
MICROSOFT : NEWS: Ruling Puts Microsoft's 'Windows' Trademark at Risk
Ruling Puts Microsoft's 'Windows' Trademark at Risk
By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
February 11, 2004
<http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1525080,00.asp>
Lindows.com on Tuesday won an important early tactical victory against
Microsoft in their ongoing trademark dispute. The judge ruled that
'windows' must be considered in its historical user-interface context.
Microsoft recently landed several blows in Europe against Lindows.com Inc.
in its ongoing "Windows" trademark battle. However, the Redmond firm on
Tuesday suffered a potentially major setback stateside.
The U.S. District Court in Seattle ruled in favor of Lindows.com's
assertion that the jury should consider the historical use of the term
'windows' in graphical user interfaces rather just its current usage as
being synonymous with Microsoft Windows.
The court also ruled that after a word is declared generic it would
continue to be generic, and thus could not be made a corporate trademark.
Chief District Judge John Coughenour said in his Tuesday ruling: "If the
term is found to be generic 'it cannot be the subject of trademark
protection under any circumstances.'"
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David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
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