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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 corporation did not like the presence of the word Windows in the title, and she threatened to sue. The dispute was settled by renaming Word Windows to Word Window. It is now unknown if Microsoft will return with new claims, this time over the word Word.
Windows should be left alone
Microsoft Corporation with multibillion-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 uninterested, unlike its name.
Kate Mackenzie called her invention Word Windows, and this name most 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 line of operating systems of the same name, created by Microsoft in 1985 and still exists.
Word Windows Designed for young children suffering from a reading disorder – dyslexia. It covers all the words in a line on a page of a book or textbook, except for the one on which the hole in the body falls. Long words are a small hole and completely split into syllables to make it easier for children to read them.
Microsoft could have caused the disruption of the production of such a useful device
Mackenzie developed Word Windows primarily 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 distribution. There is no information about the volumes of parties that she was counting on, but she could hardly compete in terms of the number of copies of Word Windows sold with Microsoft, which sells millions of licenses for the almost eponymous and definitely the most popular operating system in the world. Spring 2022 Microsoft entered From Russia.
Keith McKenzie, creator of Word Windows
Learning about the business plan British housewives, lawyers corporations set out to prevent her from realizing her idea at all costs. At the time of publication of the material, it was not known exactly how they learned about the existence of such a useful invention, but they turned to Kate herself less than two weeks before the start of production. By that time, the housewife had already invested a decent amount of money in the implementation of her project.
One letter decides everything
According to McKenzie, lawyers advised her of the possible consequences of using the word Windows in the name of its product in writing. She received the email notification on July 1, 2022, nine days before the start of the assembly line. By that time, she already had a packaging design ready. Word Windows. She did not specify whether she managed to give the order to the printer, but at least one copy boxes accurately made.
“I couldn’t believe that small and old me (Kate MacKenzie, 40 years old – CNews note) could attract the attention of such a big company,” Mackenzie said.
It is not known for certain what punishments the lawyers of the multi-billion dollar corporation threatened the 40-year-old British housewife with. She had to temporarily abandon the release of Word Windows in order to find solutions and get out of the situation with the least losses.
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As a result, fight off the legal department software the giant succeeded. Kate McKenzie renamed her invention Word Window, that is, she just removed one letter “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 lawyers of the giant multinational corporation, the 40-year-old Briton is likely still under the threat of new prosecution. If you pay attention, the name of her device for combating dyslexia is two words.
Microsoft may return to Mackenzie with a new written warning, since Word is the name of the world-famous text editor included in the Office suite of office programs. At the time of publication of the material, there were no prerequisites for this, but everything can change after the appearance of the Word Window in retail sales.
Evgeny Cherkesov