Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83 based; site hou2g.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!hou2g!stekas From: stekas@hou2g.UUCP (J.STEKAS) Newsgroups: net.general,net.legal Subject: Copyrighted Material / (TM) Message-ID: <200@hou2g.UUCP> Date: Mon, 19-Mar-84 11:34:51 EST Article-I.D.: hou2g.200 Posted: Mon Mar 19 11:34:51 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Mar-84 00:54:13 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ Lines: 14 I think that the registered trademark indication, (TM), is overused on the net. It is especially prevalent in net.micro where one might see - " ... the Pacman (TM) Atari Game Cartridge (TM) ..." Manufacturers are happy to have their registered names used by the public, in fact that's their goal. What they don't want is their registered trademarks associated with other manufacturers products. If I ask for help with an "Apple //" I am using the trademark as it was intended and (TM) is not required. But if Franklin uses it in an Ace advertisement, they better use the (TM) to avoid associating the name "Apple //" with their product. Jim