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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:12236 comp.bugs.4bsd:1991 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uchinews!cs.umd.edu!mimsy!prometheus!media!irscscm!nearside!shwake From: shwake@nearside.UUCP (Raymond Shwake) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.bugs.4bsd Subject: Re: 4.4BSD Release Message-ID: <204@nearside.UUCP> Date: 9 Jul 93 02:06:33 GMT References: <20qdsj$6rt@agate.berkeley.edu> <ROB.93Jul1201153@gangrene.berkeley.edu> <JGREELY.93Jul6170732@morganucodon.cis.ohio-state.edu> <MIB.93Jul6194230@geech.gnu.ai.mit.edu> <C9rsE8.8u1@kithrup.com> Followup-To: comp.unix.bsd Organization: A/C International Lines: 28 sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes: >In addition, the fact is, the trademark on "UNIX" *is* disputed. Just >one person saying he believed otherwise is enough to cause some suspicion, >and there are undoubtedly many, many others who feel the same, just as >there are almost certainly some who do not associate "UNIX" with USL. In fact, the UNIX trademark *is* legally sanctioned and recognized in most countries through the appropriate national authorities. Most, but not Japan. (I seem to recall a legal fight in Japan involving a boom box carrying the UNIX label.) According to "UNIX(R) SYSTEM TRADEMARK GUIDELINES" published some years back by AT&T: "The following notice, rather than a trademark notice, should be used in Japan as a footnote in association with the first appearance of the trademark: "Developed and Licensed by AT&T" No material should be used in Japan which carries any of the trademark notices discusse above. Any existing trademark identification must be expunged from all material before being used in Japan." -- uunet!media!irscscm!nearside!shwake shwake@rsxtech