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From: art@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Al Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Explorer
Message-ID: <44227@bu-cs.BU.EDU>
Date: 8 Dec 89 23:26:48 GMT
References: <32052@news.Think.COM> <44090@bu-cs.BU.EDU> <32093@news.Think.COM>
Reply-To: art@cs.bu.edu (Al Thompson)
Followup-To: comp.lang.lisp
Organization: Boston University
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In article <32093@news.Think.COM> barmar@Think.COM writes:
>In article <44090@bu-cs.BU.EDU> art@cs.bu.edu (Al Thompson) writes:
>>No kidding, there is a company marketing a vacuum cleaner called "VAX".
>>What is DEC going to do?
>
>That's not a problem (although I remember being startled when I saw that
>commercial, too), because trademarks are only valid within a particular
>industry.  You could name your computer Corvette and not have to worry
>about Ford coming after you.  But if you come out with a new car and call
>it Corvette you can expect to be in court pretty soon.

Yeah, but isn't Beretta going after Chevrolet right now?

Sorry about the group, again.