Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site mtxinu.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amdcad!amd!dual!unisoft!mtxinu!ed From: ed@mtxinu.UUCP (Ed Gould) Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Trademark solution - finally an acronym Message-ID: <194@mtxinu.UUCP> Date: Fri, 28-Dec-84 21:29:16 EST Article-I.D.: mtxinu.194 Posted: Fri Dec 28 21:29:16 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 31-Dec-84 02:13:21 EST References: <6523@brl-tgr.ARPA> <355@aicchi.UUCP> Organization: mt Xinu, Berkeley, CA Lines: 22 > > Must we all spend our > > lives twisting ourselves out of shape for fear of displeasing some > > bloody lawyers? > > Yes. NO! The reason many of us do things with the word "Unix" is that we have contracts with AT&T agreeing to protect their trademark. (We're required by that contract to note that Unix is a trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories and to make it "typographically distinct.") Protecting other people's trademarks is their own responsibility. Often, commercial outfits will credit trademarks in advertising so that the trademark owners don't get upset, but general correspondance and other use requires no such care. (I'm not a lawyer, so this isn't legal advice - it's just my understanding of the legal advice I've received.) -- Ed Gould {ucbvax,decvax}!mtxinu!ed