[b]Microsoft[/b] has filed legal papers in the Netherlands requesting fines of 100,000 euros (US$122,230) per day against [b]Lindows[/b] for allowing users within that country to access its Internet site. [b]Lindows[/b] says [b]Microsoft[/b]'s demand to block access to its Web site by users in Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg is unreasonable.
[blockquote]"These are the family jewels," says University of San Francisco law professor and trademark expert Tom McCarthy. "The Windows trademark is so important I don't doubt that Bill Gates is going to hand the legal department a blank check to fight this on all fronts,"[/blockquote]
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