Date: Sun, 19 Jan 1997 14:28:59 -0500 From: Joel Ray Holveck <joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu> To: softweyr@xmission.com Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commercial Applications?? Message-ID: <199701191928.OAA25598@kropotkin.gnu.ai.mit.edu> In-Reply-To: <199701191837.LAA04257@obie.softweyr.ml.org> (message from Wes Peters on Sun, 19 Jan 1997 11:37:05 -0700 (MST))
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[returned to -chat] >> If I recall correctly, Unix was never a *registered* trademark, which >> means that although AT&T tried to grab more of a share by making it a >> trademark, it has no legal force. > You recall incorrectly. Novell wanted everyone to state that "UNIX is a > registered trademark of Novell Inc. in the United States and other > countries." Currently, "UNIX is a technology trademark of X/Open > Company, Ltd." Ah, I had forgotten Novell's ploy and didn't know about X/Open. Why doesn't it fall into the category of "things that were common and in the public domain before anybody tried to trademark it"? > Do nations other than the USA have "registered" and unregistered > trademarks? I dunno, let's ask the group. -- http://www.wp.com/piquan --- Joel Ray Holveck --- joelh@gnu.ai.mit.edu All my opinions are my own, not the FSF's, my employer's, or my dog's. Fourth law of computing: Anything that can go wro .signature: segmentation violation -- core dumped
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