[Am-info] Microsoft Releasing Records to Lindows

[Eric Bennett]

Mitch Stone wrote:
> 
> This could be interesting... the "look and feel" lawsuit's been the
> subject of much debate and speculation over the years. Perhaps now some
> answers will come to light.

Also of interest is the Supreme Court's ruling yesterday in a lawsuit by
Victoria's Secret filed for trademark infringement case against a small
sex-paraphernalia store calling itself "Victor's Secret".  The court
unanimously ruled that Victoria's Secret failed to show actual harm to its
business and that there was no trademark infringement.  Since the Lindows
case is very similar in broad respects -- a slightly changed spelling of a
trademark -- that ruling increases the burden on Microsoft to show how
Lindows' name causes damage.

http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/02pdf/01-1015.pdf

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