Microsoft, Lindows trial delayed
InfoWorld | at | by Mike
A federal court has ordered Microsoft to produce more than 300 boxes of evidence to support its claims in a trademark suit against software startup Lindows.com, pushing back the jury trial in the case from April until December. The delay, announced by Lindows on Monday, comes as a welcome relief for the San Diego, Calif.-based company, which said in a statement that it is grateful for the extra time to prepare for the case. Microsoft originally filed suit against Lindows for trademark infringement in December of 2001. Despite efforts to obtain a preliminary injunction against the niche software maker, Microsoft's requests have been denied. Now the jury trial, originally scheduled for April 7, 2003, has been pushed back to Dec. 1.