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From: olson@endor.harvard.edu (Eric Olson)
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Subject: Re: McIntosh <=> MacIntosh
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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Posted: Wed Dec 31 18:59:59 1969
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In article <1841@tekig4.TEK.COM> briand@tekig4.UUCP (Brian Diehm) writes:
>Early Macintosh documentation used to say that Apple, the Apple logo, etc.,
>were trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. BUT, they stated that "Macintosh is
>a trademark LICENSED TO Apple Computer, Inc." (emphasis mine).
>
>However, later documents have dropped that and claimed Macintosh in with Apple
>and the rest of it as trademarks of Apple Computer directly. Apparently their
>lawyers convinced themselves that they now had a standard of recognition or
>something...
>

The name Macintosh was trademarked by McIntosh Laboratories (the stereo
equipment manufacturer) before Apple decided to use it.  So they liscensed
the trademark from McIntosh Labs.  Later they bought the trademark, so it
is now a trademark of Apple Computer, Inc.


-Eric



Eric K. Olson		olson@endor.harvard.edu		harvard!endor!olson