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From: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Machine names and trademark law
Message-ID: <1991Apr16.003415.23184@mthvax.cs.miami.edu>
Date: 16 Apr 91 00:34:15 GMT
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Reply-To: wb8foz@mthvax.cs.miami.edu (David Lesher)
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>>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

>The idea behind trademark law is that a trademark denotes a particular
>vendor's product, so that it will not be confused with competing products.
>The theory is that you infringe on someone's trademark only when you use
>it in a way that could cause such confusion.  

On the other hand, guess (;-}) which aerospace firm sued the
two-bit manufacturer of the:
	Stealth Condom - They'll never see you coming!

No cheating, now, class...........

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