Use of "Lindows" name blocked in Sweden

Use of "Lindows" name blocked in Sweden

Posted Dec 12, 2003 18:17 UTC (Fri) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: Use of "Lindows" name blocked in Sweden by filipjoelsson
Parent article: Use of "Lindows" name blocked in Sweden

Err... X predates MS Windows. I agree they probably didn't file a
trademark but doesn't Sweden recognize trademarks without registration
like the US?

I'm not arguing to get rid of trademarks. I'm also not saying that a
foreign word is automatically a generic term. In the US we give different
trademarks different levels of protection. I'm saying that the protection
for an unadorned foreign word which literally describes the product does
not deserve the level of protection which the Swedish courts seem to give
it.

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