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- From: sweeney@Ingres.COM (Tony Sweeney)
- Subject: Trademark legends
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.143853.4472@pony.Ingres.COM>
- Reply-To: sweeney@Ingres.COM (Tony Sweeney)
- Organization: Ask Computer Systems Inc., Ingres Division, Alameda CA 94501
- References: <8ma3VB1w165w@codewks.nacjack.gen.nz> <1992Dec21.215401.7781@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 14:38:53 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.215401.7781@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >
- >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.
- >
- I vaguely recall reading (tm) that Bayer (a German company) lost their
- exclusive right to produce and trademark Aspirin as part of the Versaille
- treaty on reparations for WW1. Anyone remember different?
-
- >Bill
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- Tony.
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