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From: tr@wind.bellcore.com (tom reingold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Silly IBM law suit
Message-ID: <2342@bellcore.bellcore.com>
Date: Thu, 3-Sep-87 14:19:22 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep  3 14:19:22 1987
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Keywords: 2 is a trademark of IBM
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In article <6125@ut-ngp.UUCP> omega@ut-ngp.UUCP (Omega.Mosley`) writes:
$ In article <681@neoucom.UUCP>, wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes:
$ > I just heard on the news that IBM is suing Orchid and AST for
$ > mis-using the term PS/2 (apparently tm IBM) in their advertisements.
$ > OK, I'll grant them that.  IBM aslo filed suit against AST for
$ > using the suffix "2" in the name of one of their enhancement boards
$ > intended for use with the PS/2.  I guess that now that IBM owns the
$ > rights to 2, the rest of us will learn to have to make due with the
$ > other 9 digits.
$ > 
$ > I wonder what Apple with have to say about the Apple II -- or is
$ > that the "Apple Eye Eye"
$ 
$ [...]
$ 
$ ....egads, this is just about as silly as Lotus suing over look & feel. Next
$ thing you know, we'll have IBM telling us they own the rights to the words
$ "Floppy Disk", "Motherboard", and "8086".
$ [...]
$ 

I read about a lawsuit that really made me laugh.  Computer Land sued
Business Land because of the "Land" in the name.  Fortunately, the
judge threw the suit out, saying, "What are you going to do next, sue
Disneyland??"

Tom Reingold
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