Re: Purchasing a Hierarchy

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From: Brad Templeton
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 1994 05:04

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In article <32kuoc$m2t@crl.crl.com>, David A. Kaye <dk@crl.com> wrote:
>Brad Templeton (brad@clarinet.com) wrote:
>
>: You'll probably get a lot a mail about the name Windows, which microsoft
>: does not hold as a trademark to their regret.
>
>Actually, you're right.  I just noticed that "Windows" has a TM after it, 
>indicating that Microsoft intends to register it as a trademark, rather 
>than the (R) which would indicate it is already registered.  Okay, let's 
>use another example, a stronger one: Excel (R).  

Sorry, I should have been clearer.  Microsoft *tried* to claim "Windows"
as a tradmark in computer operating environments, but they failed in
court, much to their chagrin.

You are free to make your own computer OS or graphical environment called
Windows.  But you can't trademark it either.
-- 
Brad Templeton, publisher, ClariNet Communications Corp.
The net's #1 electronic newspaper (circulation 65,000) -- info@clarinet.com

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