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From: lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein)
Newsgroups: net.news.stargate
Subject: Stargate
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Date: Sun, 8-Jun-86 16:07:38 EDT
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Datapoint went ahead and chose the name Stargate without
worrying about the video game, which at least implies that their
own search didn't reveal any commercial use of that name in a form
that would stop them.

I wouldn't have expected Datapoint to know about Project Stargate
nor the Stargate Information Service, since these
are not commercial products and so are handled differently.

Since the Stargate Information Service project has nothing
to do with either the video game nor a particular piece of
computer hardware, the odds are that all three names can stand in
their own arenas without conflict--there's plenty of precedent
for similar multiple name use.

As I've pointed out before, Datapoint has been informed about our
own usage and the length of time we've been using the name, and
this whole issue is being handed off to someone who has the time
to research such issues.  Since the term "stargate" has been used
in a number of contexts in the past (in books, TV shows, etc.) it
probably takes on the aspect of a normal word that can be used by
anyone in a specific context--just like the word "star" itself,
which is used in the names of countless products and services.

--Lauren--