VISTA already trademarked

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Further more, spelling Microsoft with a $ does not make you cool.

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And I agree :yes:

[Brandon Live Veteran]

IANAL, but...

That's not how trademark law works.

If they were a direct competitor, then yes... But trademark law only applies in cases where it might cause confusion for consumers. It is NOT meant to protect businesses, but rather consumers.

If there were a Linux company or a Mac OS named Vista, or something like that... it would be a tradekmark issue. But it's not. It is another software company, but I doubt they would be considered direct competitors to Microsoft - especially since it's Windows we're talking about and not a Microsoft design/CAD kind of application.

Believe me, if there were going to be problems with the Vista name they would have been cleared up before going public.

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[Ironman273]

Further more, spelling Microsoft with a $ does not make you cool.

I agree and raise a comic.

[Brandon Live Veteran]

its identical, the devices at hand are irrelevent, the point is that in both cases there is a prefix that prevents a lawsuit from occurring.  Yet again, this companys know what they are doing.

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Actually the prefix doesn't really matter. The fact that they aren't direct competitors does matter.