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Re: Why not INTEL586?

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From: Mike Newberry
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 1992 23:24
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In article <1992Oct28.103344.18434@nuscc.nus.sg> eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (Tan Jin Meng) writes:
>I can understand why INTEL would want a name for their next generation
>processor to be trademarkable. Then why not simply use the name
>INTEL586. Surely this has to be trademarkable.
>
>jin meng

In fact, trademark statutes require that the name be a "construct" and not
an object in "common use".  Surely, Intel586 like simply i586 should be
able to be registered as trademarks.
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Subject: Re: Why not INTEL586?
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