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From: CONKLIN@BITNIC.BITNET (Jim Conklin)
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.policy-l
Subject: Re: What's in a name
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Date: 8 Feb 90 21:51:16 GMT
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 Harry Williams asks if BITNET is trademarked.  My understanding is that it is,
though I can't put my hand on the confirming document immediately.  And, yes,
CREN is the owner of the  trademark, since it's the corporate continuation
of BITNET, Inc.  Trademarking of CREN and Corporation for Research and
Educational Networking is in progress.  No others that I recall.
 Probably someone should be writing to vendors and magazines which don't
properly show the trademark symbol when they use these trademarks.  Any
volunteers out there; we certainly don't have time for that level of
follow-up at the moment!
 I don't believe the trademark ownership gives us the right to define
standards, but operation of the network probably does if the Board decides
it wants to do so (it's on the agenda!)
                                       Jim