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Lindows changes name of operating system to Linspire
San Diego, Apr 15: Lindows Inc. has changed the name of its Lindows Operating System to Linspire, responding to a federal judge`s refusal to halt Microsoft Inc.`s trademark infringement lawsuits outside the US.
San Diego, Apr 15: Lindows Inc. has changed the
name of its Lindows Operating System to Linspire,
responding to a federal judge's refusal to halt Microsoft
Inc.'s trademark infringement lawsuits outside the US.
Michael Robertson, founder and chief executive, said
yesterday Lindows would remain the company's name and that the
moniker may be used to sell products in the United States. But
he said the company's flagship Linux Operating System would be
renamed Linspire worldwide and that it was shutting down its
web site, www.Lindows.Com.
Visitors to the Lindows web site yesterday were automatically redirected to www.Linspire.Com. A Lindows logo in the upper left corner disappeared after seven seconds and was replaced by Linspire, which, according to the company, combines 'Lin' - as in Linux with 'spire' - which means ``pinnacle.''
Lindows said it would post corporate information on its web site, www.Lindowsinc.Com.
Microsoft sued San Diego-based Lindows in 2001 in US district court for the western district of Washington, alleging the name infringed on its trademark for the ubiquitous windows operating system.
The Redmond, Washington, software giant later filed similar complaints in Europe, Canada and Mexico and won preliminary injunctions in the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland. The Dutch ruling, on Jan. 29, was the most sweeping, prohibiting the sale of Lindows products in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and making the Lindows web site inaccessible in those countries.
Bureau Report
Visitors to the Lindows web site yesterday were automatically redirected to www.Linspire.Com. A Lindows logo in the upper left corner disappeared after seven seconds and was replaced by Linspire, which, according to the company, combines 'Lin' - as in Linux with 'spire' - which means ``pinnacle.''
Lindows said it would post corporate information on its web site, www.Lindowsinc.Com.
Microsoft sued San Diego-based Lindows in 2001 in US district court for the western district of Washington, alleging the name infringed on its trademark for the ubiquitous windows operating system.
The Redmond, Washington, software giant later filed similar complaints in Europe, Canada and Mexico and won preliminary injunctions in the Netherlands, Sweden and Finland. The Dutch ruling, on Jan. 29, was the most sweeping, prohibiting the sale of Lindows products in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands and making the Lindows web site inaccessible in those countries.
Bureau Report