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From: timothym@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Timothy D Margeson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal
Subject: Tim Margeson Speaks - to Thom Henderson et. al.
Message-ID: <3514@tekigm2.TEK.COM>
Date: 16 Sep 88 18:50:33 GMT
Reply-To: timothym@tekigm2.UUCP (Timothy D Margeson)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
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Hi,

I can see from Thom Henderson's message and claim to the ARC trademark 
that ALL references to said trademark are in upper case. Therefore....

I Timothy Dean Margeson, being of sound and cival mind, do hearby decree
the term 'arc', to be copyrighted and trademarked by myself. The use of this
term as my trademark shall refer to electrical apparitions, or my own way of
placeing data onto a media, in what I call an arc'd format, this use to be 
determined at a later date.

I also acknowledge the fact that 'arc' has and will be a common use word, and
therefore falls under the grandfather clause of trademarks. Therefore, any
and all uses of the term 'arc', except those that are deemed of a deragatory
nature, are allowed under current copyright law (e.g. Band-Aid).

I also freely decree the term 'arc', as applied to it's use as a trademark,
be hereafter entered into the public domain, where it belongs. Any program
developed for creating or interpreting files created in an arc'd format by
myself shall also be placed into the public domain, I also expect users of
said programs to freely copy and distribute those programs, with no thought
or expectations of renumeration, either for myself, or themselves. Others,
who write programs for creation or interpretaion of arc'd media, shall use
no other trademark but mine, and all such programs shall be public domain
programs, however writers of said programs may include their own name and 
their address for necessary correspondence concerning product bug reports, 
updates and other questions.

                xxxxxxx Timothy D Margeson 9-16-1988 xxxxxxx



Okay Thom, let's hear it from your attorneys on this one!!!!


-- 
Tim Margeson (206)253-5240
PO Box 3500  d/s C1-937                          @@   'Who said that?'  
Vancouver, WA. 98668
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