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From: raob@mullian.ee.mu.OZ.AU (richard oxbrow)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.appletalk
Subject: Re: NRC owns MultiGate trademark
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Date: 8 Jan 91 21:02:17 GMT
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In article <20545@drilex.UUCP> dricejb@drilex.UUCP (Craig Jackson drilex1) writes:
>Interesting announcement.  This is how I expected one part of the drama
>to play out--NRC has the trademark to "Multigate", legally, in the U.S.
>
>The most interesting note is that they had to buy it, and I believe that
>their product was announced before July 5, 1990, which is the date that
>NRC acquired ownership.  I hope the guy got good money....
>
>
>Now it remains to be seen what Webster Computer does in response.  I
>suspect that they have a valid trademark in Australia, and probably
>the U.K., too.  To my knowledge, the Webster Multigate has never been
>offered for sale in the U.S., probably because of this trademark mixup.
>Yet, I don't think it is viable for a technology company the size of
>either NRC or Webster to have different product names in different
>countries.
>


Problem solved .. Webster's (at least in Australia) have renamed their
product from "Webster Multigate" to "Webster MultiPort Gateway",  also
they are planning to add the DECnet protocol to their box. (or so their
newsletter claims).


	richard ..







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