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From: ken@cs.rochester.edu (Ken Yap)
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Subject: Re: Public Domain trademark
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Date: Sun, 20-Sep-87 18:31:57 EDT
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And then there was this database query language called English so that
the ad could say:

	Our <system> understands English*.

and the footnote said:

	* English is a trademark of <company>.

Will Shakespeare had the right idea: "First we kill all the lawyers".
Pardon any misquote.

	Ken

Disclaimer: probably every word in this posting is a trademark of
somebody or other.