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From: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Silly IBM law suit
Message-ID: <4231@mnetor.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 4-Sep-87 08:39:38 EDT
Article-I.D.: mnetor.4231
Posted: Fri Sep  4 08:39:38 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 5-Sep-87 14:39:39 EDT
References: <681@neoucom.UUCP>
Reply-To: george@mnetor.UUCP (George Hart)
Organization: Computer X (CANADA) Ltd., Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Keywords: 2 is a trademark of IBM

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.

Or not...supposedly IBM trademarked 1-99 when it introduced PL/1.

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George Hart, Computer X Canada Ltd.
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