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From: merchant@dartvax.UUCP (Peter Merchant)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,talk.bizarre
Subject: Re: Silly IBM law suit
Message-ID: <7022@dartvax.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 9-Sep-87 10:46:58 EDT
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Posted: Wed Sep  9 10:46:58 1987
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Keywords: 2 is a trademark of IBM
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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.
>
>Bill (wtm@neoucom.UUCP   ...!cbatt!neoucom!wtm)

I think IBM owns the right to "/2", not the number two.

Thus, any program that divides by two is violating their copyright.
Better modify all your programs to multiply by .5 instead!
:^D :^D :^D
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                                        Peter Merchant (merchant@dartvax.UUCP)