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07 October 2022 15:45
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Microsoft was ready to sue a 40-year-old housewife for inventing the Word Windows device to combat dyslexia in children. The company did not like the presence of the word Windows in the title and threatened to sue. The dispute was resolved by renaming Word Windows to Word Window. It is now unknown if Microsoft will return with new claims, this time on the word Word.
Windows should be left alone
Microsoft Corporation with multi-billion dollar quarterly revenue was about to sue a housewife Kate McKenzie (Kate McKenzie) from the UK for her device to combat dyslexia in children. As the portal writes Neowindevice only Microsoft completely disinterested, unlike his name.
Kate Mackenzie named her invention Word Windows and this name very accurately reflects its functionality. This is a small plastic product, similar to a school ruler with a small window in the case and a special holder. Meanwhile, for the vast majority of people on the planet, the Windows brand is associated exclusively with the homonymous line of operating systems, created by Microsoft in 1985 and still existing today.
Word windows Designed for young children suffering from a reading disorder – dyslexia. It covers all the words in a line on a book or textbook page, except the one where the hole in the body falls. Long words have a small hole and are completely divided into syllables to make them easier for children to read.
Microsoft could have caused the production of such a useful device to stop
Mackenzie developed Word Windows mainly because her son was dyslexic. She herself also suffered from this disease in early childhood.
Microsoft vs Small Business
Kate McKenzie intended to mass-produce her device with its subsequent release. There is no information on the volumes of parties she counted on, but she could hardly compete for the number of copies of Word Windows sold with Microsoft, which sells millions of licenses for the nearly eponymous and arguably most popular operating system in the world. Spring 2022 Microsoft inserted From Russia.
Keith McKenzie, creator of Word Windows
Know the business plan British housewives, lawyers the companies set out to prevent her from realizing her idea at all costs. At the time of the material’s publication, it was not known exactly how they learned of the existence of such a useful invention, but they approached Kate herself less than two weeks before production began. By that time, the housewife had already invested a fair amount of money in implementing her project.
A letter decides everything
According to McKenzie, lawyers informed her of the possible consequences of using the word windows in the name of its product in writing. He received the notification email on July 1, 2022, nine days before the assembly line started. At that point, he already had a package design ready. Word Windows. She didn’t specify if she managed to order the printer, but at least one copy cans carefully crafted.
“I could not believe that me small and old (Kate MacKenzie, 40 – CNews notes) could attract the attention of such a large company,” said Mackenzie.
It is not known for sure with what punishments the lawyers of the multibillion-dollar company threatened the 40-year-old British housewife. You had to temporarily abandon the release of Word Windows to find solutions and get out of the situation with minimal damage.
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VKS replacement import
Consequently, fight the legal department Software the giant succeeded. Kate McKenzie renamed her invention of her Word Window, meaning she just removed an “S” from the word Windows. The release of the invention is scheduled for October 8, 2022.
The Word Window device itself is patented. Kate developed it over two years, starting in October 2020.
Potential Microsoft return
Having found a way to amicably settle a dispute with the giant multinational’s lawyers, the 40-year-old Brit is likely still under threat of a new court case. If he pays attention, the name of his device for fighting dyslexia is two words.
Microsoft may return to Mackenzie with a new written notice, as Word is the name of the famous text editor included in the Office suite of Office programs. At the time of the publication of the material there were no prerequisites for this, but everything can change after the appearance of the Word Window in retail sales.
Evgeni Cherkesov
