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U.S. Lindows Judge Proposes Compromise
The battle between Lindows and Microsoft took an interesting turn today when U.S. District Judge John Coughenour proposed a deal in which Microsoft can proceed with an appeal of his earlier ruling that a jury must decide whether "windows" had been a generic term before it was trademarked and Microsoft would cease its efforts to get foreign courts to stop the sales of Lindows until the U.S. case is decided.
[blockquote]In the Lindows trademark battles, Lindows.com has done well in the United States, but the company has fared poorly beyond American borders. Lindows lawyers claim that Microsoft should be prevented from continuing to litigate against the company in foreign courts for two major reasons: The foreign decisions are an attempt by Microsoft to evade the U.S. court's jurisdiction and Microsoft is putting undue hardship on San Diego-based Lindows by suing the company on the same trademark violation in multiple foreign jurisdictions.
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[blockquote]In the Lindows trademark battles, Lindows.com has done well in the United States, but the company has fared poorly beyond American borders. Lindows lawyers claim that Microsoft should be prevented from continuing to litigate against the company in foreign courts for two major reasons: The foreign decisions are an attempt by Microsoft to evade the U.S. court's jurisdiction and Microsoft is putting undue hardship on San Diego-based Lindows by suing the company on the same trademark violation in multiple foreign jurisdictions.
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