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Frank Sweetser <rasmusin@paramount.ind> wrote:
> phuae@lupin.csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr S A Penny) writes:

>> >They do not even check to see if the prospective patent is for something
>> >already in the public domain known to be owned by someone else -
>> >remember the Linux trademark?
>> 
>> no, before my time, I'm afraid, could you enlighten me?

> not too long ago, some guy (forget his name...) tried to trademark the name
> LINUX, claiming he had been using it for something like ten years.  he then

Probably got bored with sending out phoney invoices to large companies :)

> went on to demand royalties from everyone who had been using the name
> "LINUX", including redhat, caldera, etc etc.  luckily, a number of

Then again some company did manage to trademark a prefectly ordinary
word, even though it had been used for hundreds of years :)

> corporations depending on linux helped out in an attempt spearheaded by
> linux international to debunk this guy's claim.  as a result, the trademark
> of LINUX is now legally held by Linus himself.