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From: john@frog.UUCP (John Woods)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.d
Subject: Re: SEA files against pkarc author
Message-ID: <1135@X.UUCP>
Date: 16 Jun 88 03:09:00 GMT
References: <3578@tekgvs.TEK.COM>
Organization: Servants of the Great White Frog
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In article <3578@tekgvs.TEK.COM>, jans@tekgvs.TEK.COM (Jan Steinman) writes:
>{SEA is claiming that the names PKARC and PKXARC violate their trademark on 
>the name ARC...}...<What's next--SEA filing against Rahul because ZOO is...>
>Latest rumor:  spurred by SEA's arguments, IBM today filed suit against 
>ButtonWare, claiming that the names PCFILE, PCTHIS, PCTHAT violate their 
>trademark on the name PC. In a similar action, Sperry has filed suit against 
>everyone, claiming the term "computer" can only be used when describing one
>of their Univac series machines...
> 
Hey, maybe the Apple suit could be ended by IBM filing suit for infringement
on the "look and feel" of industry-crushing lawsuits (thus pleasing all of the
PC owners who got a 10% tradein allowance on their soul when they bought IBM).
-- 
John Woods, Charles River Data Systems, Framingham MA, (617) 626-1101
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