U.S. Lindows judge proposes compromise
eWeek | at | by Mike
The battle between Lindows.com and Microsoft over the Lindows trademark took an interesting turn today when U.S. District Judge John Coughenour in Seattle 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.
Microsoft spokeswoman Stacy Drake McCredy said of Lindows effort: "This is a baseless effort by Lindows to avoid the jurisdiction of international courts where they are violating local trademark laws. If Lindows does not believe it can reasonably comply with a preliminary injunction issued in a given country, then it is most appropriate for them to raise the issue with the court that rendered the injunction."