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- From: amf@amfent.Gwinnett.COM (Andy Feibus)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: What's in a name?
- Message-ID: <Fem0NB1w164w@amfent.Gwinnett.COM>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 14:07:02 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.093703.1@zodiac.rutgers.edu>
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- leichter@zodiac.rutgers.edu writes:
- > Speaking only for US law, a trademark becomes protected by use "in trade". I
- > is not even necessary to register it, though that may be useful in certain
- > circumstances. Trademarks are marked "TM"; registered trademarks are marked
- > "R in circle". If you look around, you'll see that many common trademarks
- > have not been registered - like Unix, for example.
- If you haven't already heard from USL lawyers, UNIX is a registered trademark
- of UNIX System Laboratories, Inc. Has been for a long time.
-
- -- Andy.
-