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If both US and British law had stuck with the original rules for establishing trademarks, neither Apple would have been issued a trademark, and the entire fight would have been avoided. Selecting a generic word that is "not generic to your industry" as your trademark is downright STUPID. The only thing that is more stupid is that we allow the law to be polluted by the nonsense that it ought to be legal.
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greedy!  stephen732@... | 03/16/04
How about  JoeMama_z | 03/16/04
Does that mean Anderson windows pays  el1jones | 03/16/04
its not like we have a shortage of idiots in this world.  JoeMama_z | 03/16/04
exactly!  stephen732@... | 03/16/04
ok fine  JoeMama_z | 03/16/04
Lindows is a knockoff of a GENERIC term - perfectly legal  stephen732@... | 03/16/04
Poor analogy  sa_z | 03/16/04
huh?  JoeMama_z | 03/16/04
You're going way overboard  IT_User | 03/16/04
Only two possibilities  RedHat9User | 03/17/04
how about...  ryusen | 03/16/04
LMFFAO  Always Annoyed | 04/04/04
Jurisdiction?  vferrara | 03/16/04
If they were doing it to drive up cost for Lindows, yes, very ilegal.  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
Be Verrrrry Careful!  becksdark | 03/17/04
Of course thhere is no jurisdiction.  FirstNLastN | 03/16/04
Microsoft is a US corporation, you bet US courts have jurisdiction.  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
Sorry, your dead wrong.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/16/04
So it would be ok for MS to operate a child prostitution business??  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
Is child prostetution illegal. is filing a law suit.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/16/04
Are you smart enough to realize that it's ilegal to file lawsuits sometimes  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
It is if the Judge rules that you can do it  voska | 03/17/04
What weakens US courts?  IT_User | 03/16/04
But it's a US company  voska | 03/17/04
Better example...  Rabid Conservative | 03/17/04
US judges not that stupid?  stephen732@... | 03/16/04
What applies to the US applies to Dutch courts as well...  Rabid Conservative | 03/17/04
Belongs in a tabloid  US Chistian | 03/16/04
IT Christian is that you?  MkIIISupra | 03/16/04
ZDNet news is pretty much tabloid stuff for the IT industry.  B.O.F.H. | 03/16/04
Highly Critical of you  nucrash | 03/16/04
LOL (nt)  el1jones | 03/16/04
Here's an idea  IT_User | 03/16/04
he's not a Christian, he's a sneaky ferengi (nt)  stephen732@... | 03/16/04
Free publicity for Lindows, Negative publicity for Microsoft.  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
Like Apple?  amicus_curious | 03/16/04
Apple was NOT generic in the computer industry, Windows was.  DonnieBoy | 03/16/04
exactly  JWatson77 | 03/16/04
Actually...  Rabid Conservative | 03/17/04
Actually...  vferrara | 03/16/04
Ever hear of Xwindows  sa_z | 03/16/04
try again...  stephen732@... | 03/16/04
Fair is fair  amicus_curious | 03/16/04
They asked for it.  Prognosticator | 03/16/04
leave the bleeding heart republicans out of it  stephen732@... | 03/16/04
"bleeding heart republicans"?  rapson | 03/17/04
When if comes to corporate welfare, it fits (NT)  mds_z | 03/18/04
As if the rest of the world listens to our courts.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/16/04
It's not an order against those courts  Michael Kelly | 03/16/04
You may be right  IT_User | 03/16/04
Hogwash!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 03/16/04
No, just confusion created by growing international trade  Rabid Conservative | 03/17/04
Wrong  voska | 03/17/04
Hogwash...NOT!  NottaFan | 03/17/04
Lawsuits as a business model  tic swayback | 03/16/04
Wheres John Carrol....  sa_z | 03/16/04
Windows, ooops Lindows, Lin___ oh just break  FilledOut | 03/16/04
Yessir!  syrynxx | 03/17/04
U work at Maxim?  FilledOut | 03/19/04
Lindows asks court to nix overseas lawsuits  Loverock Davidson | 03/16/04
What confusion? One works and you know about the other one!  brockster | 03/16/04
Which, Linsux or Winsux, maybe  FilledOut | 03/16/04
Windows name and fees..  MAC_95NTXP | 03/17/04
Was windows a "generic C  Sparkie_z | 03/17/04
Was windows a "generic computer term" before 1985  Sparkie_z | 03/17/04
Windows Trademark is invalid by US law  ITSa341@... | 03/19/04
So much for using sound alike in products  FilledOut | 03/21/04

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