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From: ji@cs.columbia.edu (John Ioannidis)
Subject: Machine names and trademark law
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.183245.345@cs.columbia.edu>
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Date: Sun, 14 Apr 91 18:32:45 GMT

I have a strange question:

Suppose I name a machine "foo.cs.columbia.edu", where "foo" is a
trademark or a registered trademark, e.g., the name of a video game, a
brand of consumer electronics, the make of an exotic car, or the name
of a computer manufacturer. Have I violated trademark law? 

/ji

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