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

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