[sradnidge]

I'm not sure what the author of the article is trying to prove... that trademark law can be (and is being) abused? At least he had the integrity to quote the EMI lawyer throwing examples back of Bloomberg engaging in similarly questionable legal action.

As several people have already pointed out, there is Windows, there is Time. Oddly no-one has yet mentioned Face and Book.

[khafra]

There is a difference: Microsoft Windows has nothing to do with panes of glass in walls; Time Magazine is not about clocks or watches. You're not supposed to be able to trademark a pre-existing industry term within its own industry; Lowe's Hardware should not be able to register "plywood" as trademark for plywood and sue Home Depot.