WINDOWS TRIUMPHS IN THE NETHERLANDS

WINDOWS TRIUMPHS IN THE NETHERLANDS

Microsoft won an injunction against the Linux distribution of Lindows in the Netherlands to stop selling the product.  Amsterdam Judge Rullmann agreed with Microsoft that in many ways Lindows is "profiting from the success of Windows" by infringing Microsoft's trademarks.  The mark, reproduced below, is an arguably good example of a mark that attempts to capitalize and trade on the good will and success of Microsoft's Windows trademarks - a family of marks that would be categorized as famous in the U.S. and given a wide scope of protection if actual harm can be shown.

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<date name="when" value="Sat, 31 Jan 2004 03:07:09 GMT