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From: mats@dual.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.legal
Subject: Re: Trademark protection for "UNIX"
Message-ID: <600@dual.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 18-Jun-84 09:35:52 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 18 09:35:52 1984
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Organization: Dual Systems, Berkeley, CA
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Whoa, there. AT&T has indeed tried RATHER hard to make sure everyone uses
`UNIX' in adjective form. Just ask anyone who has extensive dealings with
their licensing people...I know of a couple of authors who have been told
to clean of their act by the AT&T lawyers, after the books came to their
attention. Also, for those of you with Sys V, Release 1 documentation,
take a look at all of the change notices...the front of almost every one
of the guides contains a sticker with notes like this one:

    On Page 40 in the second line change UNIX Escape to UNIX System Escape

The courts may still hold that AT&T has not tried hard enough to protect
`UNIX', but they are certainly trying.

	    Mats Wichmann
	    Dual Systems Corp.
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