Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/17/84 chuqui version 1.7 9/23/84; site nsc.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!gatech!nsc!chuqui From: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Cheshire Chuqui) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: UNIX trademark Message-ID: <1885@nsc.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Nov-84 11:37:03 EST Article-I.D.: nsc.1885 Posted: Tue Nov 20 11:37:03 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 21-Nov-84 01:35:31 EST References: <5882@brl-tgr.ARPA> <> Reply-To: chuqui@nsc.UUCP (Cheshire Chuqui) Organization: The Bistro Lines: 25 Keywords: trademarks, adjectives Summary: In article <5896@brl-tgr.ARPA> gwyn@brl-tgr.ARPA (Doug Gwyn ) writes: >> 'The trademark UNIX may not be used as a noun, but must always >> be used as an adjective modifying a common noun as in "UNIX >> operating system"' > >Does anyone know why the lawyers decided this? The way the trademark laws are written, you can't trademark an object, you have to trademark a qualified. So, Unix as a noun is not something you can trademark, but the 'Unix Operating System' is, because Unix is what makes that operating system (a generic term) unique. Doesn't really make sense, but that is the way it is. * Unix is a trademark of AT&T, or one of their subsidiaries, last I heard. * Plaid Warlock is a trademark of Chuqui, or one of their subsidiaries. -- From the Department of Bistromatics: Chuq Von Rospach {cbosgd,decwrl,fortune,hplabs,ihnp4,seismo}!nsc!chuqui nsc!chuqui@decwrl.ARPA This plane is equipped with 4 emergency exits, at the front and back of the plane and two above the wings. Please note that the plane will be travelling at an average altitude of 31,000 feet, so any use of these exits in an emergency situation will most likely be futile.