Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B UNSW 1.1 19 Sep 1984; site elecvax.OZ Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxj!mhuxn!houxm!ihnp4!zehntel!dual!amdcad!decwrl!decvax!mulga!munnari!basser!elecvax!stephenf From: stephenf@elecvax.OZ (Stephen Frede) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: UNIX trademark Message-ID: <426@elecvax.OZ> Date: Mon, 3-Dec-84 15:23:18 EST Article-I.D.: elecvax.426 Posted: Mon Dec 3 15:23:18 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 5-Dec-84 00:30:05 EST References: <6012@brl-tgr.ARPA> Organization: EE and CS, Uni of NSW, Sydney, Australia Lines: 18 All the semi-official stuff I have seen from AT&T say that "UNIX is an unregistered trademark of AT&T..." . What exactly do they mean by "unregistered"? I have seen several times the statement that it is inappropriate to use the (T) symbol in connection with "UNIX" and yet I have seen AT&T ads which use this symbol. Does the fact that "UNIX" is "unregistered" mean "well guys, we'd really appreciate it if you don't use this word inappropriately, but we havn't registered it so we can't really do a thing about it ..." or does "unregistered" have some obscure meaning to American lawyers. Surely a name must be registered before it can be subject to international copyright agreements (I live in Australia). Now I personally would be happier if "UNIX" was a genuine trademark of AT&T. But is it? ...decvax!mulga!stephenf:elecvax Then there's the rumour that UNIX is a registered trademark ... of a Japanese tape-recorder.