Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!ucsd!ucselx!crash!pro-gateway.cts.com!dale From: dale@pro-gateway.cts.com (Dale Therio, Co-SysOp) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: APPLE 800 LINE (Macintosh TM) Message-ID: <5460@crash.cts.com> Date: 5 Nov 90 07:16:08 GMT Sender: root@crash.cts.com Lines: 16 In-Reply-To: message from unknown@ucscb.UCSC.EDU Apple Computer purchased the rights to Macintosh from McIntosh Labs (the folks that make all that high end audio stuff) over 1 year ago. When you trademark a name you trademark it for a certain type of product. That is why one company can trademark "Classic" for a soft drink and another for a computer. =============================================================================== ProLine: dale@pro-gateway Internet: dale@pro-gateway.cts.com UUCP: crash!pro-gateway!dale ARPA: crash!pro-gateway!dale@nosc.mil BITNET: dale%pro-gateway.cts.com@nosc.mil ====================Pro-Gateway 214/644-5113 3/12/2400 baud====================