Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!decwrl!sun-barr!texsun!texbell!vector!telecom-gateway From: tanner@ki4pv.uucp (Dr. T. Andrews) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: The Term "Touchtone" -- No Longer Protected? Message-ID: Date: 2 Jun 89 21:48:32 GMT Sender: news@vector.Dallas.TX.US Lines: 19 Approved: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.dallas.tx.us X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 186, message 10 of 10 At one time, the term "touchtone" (wiht possible capitalization) was protected as a trademark by The Phone Co. Has TPC given up the rights to the name? I have close at hand an advert from a candy seller offering cheap "touchtone" phones marked with the name of the candy. There is no trademark ACK in the fine print, either. If the term is no longer protected, then I should be interested to know. No one knows what I mean when I say "DTMF". Repies via e-mail; I'll post a summary unless there is a moderator note with this message indicating that I shall e-mail results to interested parties. Thanks. Dr. T. Andrews, Systems CompuData, Inc. DeLand -- ...!bikini.cis.ufl.edu!ki4pv!tanner ...!bpa!cdin-1!cdis-1!ki4pv!tanner or... {allegra killer gatech!uflorida decvax!ucf-cs}!ki4pv!tanner