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From: elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: McIntosh <=> MacIntosh
Message-ID: <1385@killer.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 23-Aug-87 03:09:14 EDT
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Posted: Sun Aug 23 03:09:14 1987
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in article <8708220352.AA24519@cogsci.berkeley.edu>, bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU (Bryce Nesbitt) says:
> Xref: killer comp.sys.mac:5779 comp.sys.amiga:7540
>>...an Apple McIntosh... (where did they ever come up with MacIntosh
>>anyway? Is the spelling of the edible type of apple copyrighted? :-)
> The rumor I heard (rumor, now, not fact) was that someone at Apple
> misstyped McIntosh and it ended up sticking.  Hi... I own a "Mc". :-)

McIntosh is a maker of very expensive high-end audio equipment (one of my
friends dropped 5 grand on one). Their name is, of course, trademarked. Still,
it's interesting to read the fine print at the bottom of Macintosh
advertising. It says "The names 'McIntosh and Macintosh are trademarks of
McIntosh Audio Labs" or something like that. Apparently, Apple decided that
just adding the "a" STILL was too close to the audio equipment manufactuer's
name (maybe with the help of some lawyers :-), and decided to reach an
agreement with the equipment manufacturer to explicitly disclaim the name in
each ad...  
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