Article-I.D.: snow.296
Posted: Wed Sep  4 13:53:33 1985
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Hi! Does anyone out there know whether "Mac" as a prefix (e.g. in MacPaint)
is trademarked by apple? If I wanted to sell a program written for the Mac, 
could I call it MacFoo?
	Perhaps someone from Apple could enlighten me, as I would prefer not 
to get jumped on by lawyers. Please mail me, or post it to this to
net.micro.mac if you feel it is of general interest...

Thanks in advance,

Tim Bissell

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Article-I.D.: umn-cs.5700031
Posted: Mon Sep  9 15:35:00 1985
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Nf-From: umn-cs!smith    Sep  9 14:35:00 1985


  There isn't any way Apple (or anyone else) can trademark a prefix or
suffix:  they have to trademark a specific word or mark or string or
something.  There's an old (apocryphal, perhaps) story that IBM trademarked
the names PL/2 through PL/99 when they came up with PL/1 or PL/I.
  After all, aren't there already some non Apple applications for the
Mac called MacSomething or other?

Rick.

Article-I.D.: druil.1615
Posted: Tue Sep 10 12:39:37 1985
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 >    After all, aren't there already some non Apple applications for the
 >  Mac called MacSomething or other?
 >  
 >  Rick.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the name MacIntosh is owned
by McIntosh Laboratories (the company that makes audio equipment) and
licensed to Apple.  Check the front of one our your Mac manuals.
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Larry Tepper	    {ihnp4 | allegra}!druil!lat		+1-303-538-1759

Article-I.D.: mit-eddi.5281
Posted: Wed Sep 11 00:17:30 1985
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Speaking of trademarks, I have noticed in ads for the Macintosh and
Macintosh products, the acknowledgement "Macintosh is a registered
trademark LICENSED to Apple, Inc."  Who owns the trademark "Macintosh"
and licenses it to Apple?  Some organization of apple growers?
-- 
    Barry Margolin
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Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.311
Posted: Wed Sep 11 09:46:05 1985
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In article <5281@mit-eddie.UUCP> barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes:
 > 
 > Speaking of trademarks, I have noticed in ads for the Macintosh and
 > Macintosh products, the acknowledgement "Macintosh is a registered
 > trademark LICENSED to Apple, Inc."  Who owns the trademark "Macintosh"
 > and licenses it to Apple?  Some organization of apple growers?
 > -- 
 >     Barry Margolin
 >     ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics
 >     UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar

Perhaps a stereo manufacturer?

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John Allred
General Computer Company 
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Article-I.D.: decwrl.435
Posted: Mon Sep 16 06:45:00 1985
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 > Speaking of trademarks, I have noticed in ads for the Macintosh and
 > Macintosh products, the acknowledgement "Macintosh is a registered
 > trademark LICENSED to Apple, Inc."  Who owns the trademark "Macintosh"
 > and licenses it to Apple?  Some organization of apple growers?
 > -- 
 >     Barry Margolin
 >     ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics
 >     UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar

Any Japanese Macintosh manual say "Macintosh(TM) licecsed to Apple, Inc from 
McIntosh ("McIntosh" Not Macintosh) Laboratories.".
I don't know what's "McIntosh Laboratories."
Why don't original manual say ? 

Ichiri Fujiura

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Nihon Digital Equipment Corp. Software Services Engineering Div.
3-1-1 Higashi-Ikubukuro Toshima-ku Tokyo, 170 Japan

Article-I.D.: gcc-bill.321
Posted: Wed Sep 18 09:09:49 1985
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Reply-To: john@gcc-bill.UUCP (John Allred)
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[munch, munch]

McIntosh, if I am not mistaken, is an audio equipment manufacturer.

-- 
John Allred
General Computer Company 
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