Appeals Court denies Microsoft petition
InternetNews | at | by Mike
Microsoft lost a battle of semantics against commercial Linux vendor Lindows on Monday, when an appeals court refused to consider the software giant's interpretation of the term "windows."
The Ninth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals denied Microsoft's petition that the jury in the trademark case against Lindows -- a name that bears striking resemblance to the Windows operating system (OS) used in more than 90 percent of the world's PCs -- should only consider the term as it is publicly recognized today.