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- From: andyh@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Andy Holyer)
- Subject: Re: Trademarks (was Re: ...film at 11...)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec23.135712.23205@syma.sussex.ac.uk>
- Organization: University of Sussex
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 13:57:12 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec22.194932.1349@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com> billn@hpcvaac.cv.hp.com (bill nelson) writes:
- >
- >The reason Bayer lost their trademark, was that aspirin came to be a
- >generic term for over-the-counter painkillers, so they could not limit
- >the usage to a particular brand of analgesic.
- >
-
- However, just to make it up to them, they retain the registered trademark on
- "Heroin". Like to see them get it through court, tho' :-)
-
- -Andy "What me, officer?" Holyer
- --
- &ndy Holyer, School of Cognitive and |Due to recent events in the USA,
- Computing Studies, University of Sussex, |I find I can no longer use this
- JANET: andyh@cogs.sussex.ac.uk |.sig quote. Normal service will
- |be resumed when I find another one.
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