Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 07:54:50 +0100 From: "Anthony Atkielski" <anthony@freebie.atkielski.com> To: "Terry Lambert" <tlambert2@mindspring.com> Cc: "Mike DeGraw-Bertsch" <mbertsch@radioactivedata.org>, "Person, Roderick" <personrp@ccbh.com>, "Fergus Cameron" <cameron@argus-systems.com>, <advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Hotmail _still_ runs FreeBSD! Message-ID: <018a01c1885a$0e41c4f0$0a00000a@atkielski.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.33.0112182054470.90743-100000@glow> <3C1FFDE5.90B751FE@mindspring.com> <014001c18845$8a87ef90$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C202B18.4F1AEA2C@mindspring.com> <017401c18853$e44cdc30$0a00000a@atkielski.com> <3C20372B.E93291B9@mindspring.com>
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Terry writes: > Then look around, and find one where it is > more identifiable. I have, and I have found nothing. > I've already probided you with URLs to the effect > that the trademark symbol in the image on ".NET" > is readily identifiable. I looked at them, and could not identify the mark to which you appear to be referring. > Luckily, we are looking at the regular use of > the terms ".NET" and "Passport" with respect to > a Microsoft service offering, and Microsoft > is a U.S. company. Yes, and so the normal procedure would be to register the trademark only after it has been properly and continuously used for some significant period of time. > What you describe as the requirement is the > behaviour I claim Microsoft is exhibiting. I know. The problem is that you have provided no evidence for your claim. > I looked at the other reference I posted, as > you obviously haven't. It is clearly an (R). It isn't clearly anything. In fact, upon very close examination, it appears to be part of the letter "t," and not a separate symbol at all. However, even in the "large" GIF to which you refer, the symbol, if any, is only two pixels across--far too small to distinguish the glyph that might have produced it. > Note that the registration is on the word, > not the image, as it has seperate symbols > for both words. I don't see a recognizable bug for either. I suspect that what is actually intended is either Microsoft(R) .NET for text, or Microsoft(R) .NET(tm) for the text/logotype and the logotype--probably the former. > My best guess is that the registration tagging > is premature on their part ... You should not guess; that's what started this thread in the first place. > ... but the information about the status of the > registration may be dated, since the USPTO states > that the information on their site may lag reality. A third possiblity is that you are simply incorrect. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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