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From: jac@paul.rutgers.edu (Jonathan A. Chandross)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
Subject: Re: New 2.4 meg drive
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Date: 4 Sep 90 01:51:34 GMT
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unknown@ucscb.ucsc.edu (The Unknown User)
> 	There's a new type of drive out.  This is a trademarked term, but
> it seems to have been taken as the generic like Xerox and Kleenex.

Xerox is a registered trademark of Xerox Corporation.
Kleenex is a registered trademark of Kimberly-Clark.

Both companies VIGOROUSLY defend their trademarks.  NEITHER is a
generic.

When a company does not defend their trademark, like "elevator" and
"asprint", they lose it.  Neither of the companies you cited above
has become lax in the defense of their trademark.


Jonathan A. Chandross
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