Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:19579 misc.legal:5900 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!ooblick From: ooblick@eddie.MIT.EDU (Mikki Barry) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal Subject: Re: Is ARC a valid trademark? Message-ID: <10133@eddie.MIT.EDU> Date: 25 Sep 88 14:51:41 GMT References: <1682@qiclab.UUCP> <3190@ttidca.TTI.COM> <10117@eddie.MIT.EDU>Reply-To: ooblick@eddie.MIT.EDU (Mikki Barry) Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA Lines: 13 In article greg@amdahl.uts.amdahl.com (Greg Bullough) writes: >ARC is also the trade name for "Aircraft Radio Corporation," which is >(or was, last I checked) a subsidiary of Cessna Aircraft. They've been >around, I think, since at least WWII, since a lot of the military gear >of that era bears the designator "ARC." Their contemorary equipment has >not been renowned for its reliability. A trade name does not necessarily mean a trademark. Also, the same trademark can be used in different fields. For example, Cadillac the car and Cadillac cat food. Mikki Barry