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- From: styri@balder.nta.no (YuNoHoo)
- Subject: Re: ...film at 11...
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.234338.2685@nntp.nta.no>
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- References: <1992Dec21.215401.7781@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 92 23:43:38 GMT
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- billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- : system@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz (Wayne McDougall) writes:
- : : infidel@cislabs.pitt.edu (todd j. derr) writes:
- : :
- : : > I haven't been this steamed since the last time a megacorp highjacked
- : : > a common term, when IBM (in my mind, illegally) trademarked the
- : : > acronym for "personal computer."
- : :
- : : Did IBM actually DO this?
- :
- : Nope. Todd is either trolling, or very confused. There is no way to
- : trademark a commonly used term. For example, Bayer lost their "aspirin"
- : trademank due to common usage.
-
- However, no rule without the exception. The Olympic Games and the
- logo with 5 rings are somehow protected in most countries. Not in
- Norway where Lillehammer will host the winter games in 1994. The
- organizers does not have the proper trademarks and copyrights. A
- temporary law is considered by the parliament, but the whole thing
- is a legal muddle at present.
-
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- YuNoHoo "they'll probably trademark 1994"
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