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Article: Lindows ends name battle with Microsoft--for $20 million.(Brief Article)
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- San Diego Business Journal
- Article date:
- July 26, 2004
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Microsoft Corp. will pay Lindows Inc. $20 million to resolve their 2 1/2-year right over Lindows' name, the companies announced last week.
The move comes as Lindows, a San Diego software company that is the brainchild of MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, lines up on the runway for its initial public offering.
The University City-based company plans to change its name to Linspire, Inc. by mid-September. The company began using that name in some markets in the spring, after Microsoft succeeded in challenging the Lindows name in Europe.
A Lindows spokeswoman declined to say how long Lindows had been in negotiations with Microsoft, and said ...