Linux Online - Lindows.com, Inc. Asks Judge To Halt Microsoft's Worldwide Legal Assault

Lindows.com, Inc. Asks Judge To Halt Microsoft's Worldwide Legal Assault


Publication:	Linspire.com	Date:	Mar 18 2004

Lindows.com, Inc. has submitted a motion to the United States District Court in the Western District of Washington asking the court to halt a flood of global trademark lawsuits Microsoft has filed against competitor Lindows. Dating back to 2001, Microsoft has filed multiple requests to shutdown Lindows.com in the U.S. Those requests have been repeatedly denied. Recently, Microsoft has begun filing separate lawsuits with identical claims in foreign courts to attempt to overrule those U.S. findings and block access to a U.S.-based company and website.

"Microsoft is purposely delaying the U.S. case from going to trial while they use their monopoly profits to fund a global legal assault on our small company to halt the adoption of Linux," said Michael Robertson, chief executive officer of Lindows.com, Inc. "The U.S. case has been ongoing for over two years and Lindows is looking forward to presenting extensive evidence to a Seattle jury demonstrating that windows is a generic word and that Microsoft secured a trademark only by committing fraud on the trademark office."