Microsoft registers trademark--19 years late

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A bit on the late side now

How do you register a trademark that has been in common use since before MS came into existence?

Even if they wanted to I doubt the trademark office or the court system will allow it. The courts will view it as MS attempting to make money from something they have shown no interest in protecting before.

I thought MS had good lawyers. They must have been asleep in class the day law school taught the lesson on laches.

No to mention the fact you canot trademark common words. If memory serves correctly they couldn't trademark windows. What makes them think they can get away with this? I am certain they know they can't. Their plan is to litigate smaller companies into bankruptcy. I guess their lawyers also forgot that they can be sanctioned for frivilous lawsuits and MS can be forced to pay all the legal costs incurred by other companies in defending something as silly as this.

There is quite a bit of case law on situations similar to this. I've recently researched several cases where copyright protection was denind because the owner allowed others to use the copyrighted material for an excessive length of time before attempting to assert ownership and filed claims for copyright infringement. Court said, in one instance, 10 years was far too long.

MS is showing all the signs of a desperate company. Gates is showing all the signs of psychotic behavior. Somebody give him some prozac. He is a sociopath.

Posted by: AmusedAtItAll   Posted on: 11/12/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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