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Xref: sserve gnu.misc.discuss:6155 comp.unix.bsd:4679 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!mcsun!Germany.EU.net!adagio!grog From: grog@adagio.UUCP (Greg Lehey) Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,comp.unix.bsd,alt.suit.att-bsdi Subject: Re: Are you sure UNIX is a trade mark? Message-ID: <1859@adagio.UUCP> Date: 7 Sep 92 08:53:34 GMT References: <1992Sep2.220141.17026@nntp.hut.fi> <1992Sep4.234429.18294@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <Bu5DBu.IA6@rahul.net> Followup-To: gnu.misc.discuss Organization: LEMIS, Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany Lines: 16 In article <Bu5DBu.IA6@rahul.net> dhesi@rahul.net (Rahul Dhesi) writes: >The terms "BSD UNIX" and "Berkeley UNIX" have come into common use. >Note that "UNIX" is a noun and "BSD" or "Berkeley" is a qualifier. A >trade mark, under US law, cannot be a noun. As soon as it becomes a >noun in common usage, its trade mark status is in jeopardy. Well, yes. However, I see a much simpler answer to the problem. Leave the name UNIX AT&T, USL or whatever they call themselves this week, and refer to the operating system family as Unix. Trademarks are case-sensitive. -- Greg Lehey | Tel: +49-6637-1488 LEMIS | Fax: +49-6637-1489 Schellnhausen 2, W-6324 Feldatal, Germany *** NOTE ***: Headers get mangled at backbone - reply to grog%lemis@Germany.EU.net