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From: fmt@mbf.UUCP (Mike Trimberger)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,misc.int-property,alt.suit.att-bsdi
Subject: Re: Are you sure UNIX is a trade mark?
Summary: Trademarking the Bell
Message-ID: <157884@mbf.UUCP>
Date: 15 Sep 92 21:20:47 GMT
References: <1992Sep4.234429.18294@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <Bu5DBu.IA6@rahul.net> <4093@novavax.UUCP>
Organization: MAI Systems Corp.
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In article <4093@novavax.UUCP> burtond@novavax.UUCP (Donald B. Burton) writes:
>i forgot what we were discussing. actually, i have heard of this purely as
>a rumor--the death-star <well thats what i call it> symbol you know, the orb
>made with line-art so often seen with at&t logos was once untm-ed and un
><c>-ed. then some joe-schmoo noticed and copyrighted it before the execs at
>at&t realized. at&t had to pay him $$$ to buy it back/pay royalt etc.
>anyone ever heard of this? truth?
Not quite. I am pretty sure that AT&T (*) correctly trademarked
the 'deathstar' logo because they had some problems _buying_ the
old 'bell' logo from some ordinary guy who trademarked it years-
and years ago. I think I heard of this during some discussions
of what a company has to do to protect trademarks (probably in
relation to Xerox corp. copiers).
(*) AT&T is a modem reset command.
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F. Michael Trimberger MAI Systems Corp.
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