Microsoft Vista Already in Trademark Trouble
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Doesn’t anyone do a trademark search anymore? Turns out the name “Vista” is already the product name of a sewing machine, an elevator monitoring system, a bunch of computer products, and who knows what else. Our suggestion: stick with Longhorn or maybe…OS/3?
“There’s a line of sewing machines, an elevator monitoring system, even a brand of detergent used to clean dairy equipment - all bearing the brand name Vista. There are plenty of computer products that claim the Vista trademark,, too. So Microsoft Corp.’s choice of Vista as the name for the next version of its Windows operating system has some intellectual property experts wondering if a company that has been fiercely protective of its own trademarks will get hauled into court.
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