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Judge Delays Lindows Trial - Delay of trial, scheduled for April, until December to give Lindows time to study documents from 1992 case of Apple Computer vs. Microsoft, that MS using windows and other elements infringed Apple Mac OS copyright. [ZDNet UK] (March 4, 2003)
Judge Delays Lindows Trial - Lindows and Microsoft won't meet for trial until at least December. Judge delays trial (was scheduled for April) to give Lindows time to study documents from 1992 Apple vs. Microsoft case. [CNET News.com] (March 3, 2003)
Lindows Case Set for Trial - Seattle Federal judge refuses request by Lindows to dismiss Microsoft trademark case against it, paving way for April trial. Jury now set to decide if Microsoft has right to word 'windows' in some cases, or if it is generic term. [CNET News.com] (January 24, 2003)
Lindows vs. Windows: Court Battle Continues - Lindows.com filed for summary judgment in battle against Microsoft, claiming similarities between Lindows and Windows names do not violate Microsoft trademark since 'windows' is a generic term for a type of software product. [PCWorld] (October 8, 2002)
Microsoft Dealt Another Blow on Lindows - Firm's claim to word 'Windows' suffers another blow when Federal judge again questions firm's claim that term is not generic, and re-denies request to close Lindows.com site and block owner from advertising its product. [CNET News.com] (May 16, 2002)
Lindows and High-tech Trademark Troubles - Microsoft's intriguing legal fight to prevent start-up from identifying self and software as Lindows gives valuable lessons for firms of all sizes. Microsoft has more trademark troubles than needed for a Fortune 100 firm. [ZDNet] (April 29, 2002)
Microsoft Still Trying to Stop Lindows - Saying the court asked wrong questions and thus came to wrong answers in preliminary injunction ruling that lets Lindows.com keep using name Lindows, Microsoft filed motion to reconsider with US District Court. [PCWorld] (April 2, 2002)
Lindows.com Wins First Round - Judge denies Microsoft request for preliminary injunction against startup Lindows.com, letting startup keep selling its OS under the name Lindows. [PCWorld] (March 20, 2002)
Microsoft's Claim to Windows Doubted - Microsoft suffers minor setback when judge questions its claim to word Windows, defenestrates Microsoft request to close Lindows site. Suit raises serious questions about word being entitled to trademark protection. [CNET News.com] (March 18, 2002)
Lindows.com Looks to Dismiss Microsoft Suit - Lindows.com, a software startup sued by Microsoft last month for alleged trademark infringement, hopes to have the case thrown out of court on a technicality, its chief executive said. [PCWorld] (January 15, 2002)
Microsoft Sues Lindows.com Over Name - Trademark infringement complaint filed against San Diego-based Lindows.com, currently developing an OS designed to compete with Microsoft Windows; claims users may be confused by similarities between the two OSs. [PCWorld] (December 21, 2001)
Microsoft Sues Linux Start-up Over Name - Microsoft asks court to stop Linux start-up Lindows from using name Microsoft claims infringes on Windows trademark, and competes with Windows. Motion was filed with U.S. Court for the Western District of Washington. [CNET News.com] (December 20, 2001)
