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Comment by Terretta

8 days ago

CodeWeavers is a software company that focuses on Wine development and sells a proprietary version of Wine called CrossOver for running Windows applications on macOS, ChromeOS and Linux.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CodeWeavers

Trademark is active. It's an Ⓡ not just a ™, registered not just trademarked. To keep it, they have to demonstrate they defend it.

https://www.trademarkia.com/codeweavers-76546826

While this project drops the final "s", you don't get to launch an OS called "Window". The test is a fuzzy match based on likelihood of confusion.

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jychang  8 days ago

Yeah, I was thinking "what does the Wine guys have to do with this?"

This project is definitely going to get C&D'd.

  • williamcotton  7 days ago

    Do you think they would actually litigate? They seem like different products serving entirely different markets so I am not sure that the trademark infringement claim is very defensible. And how do they prove damages?