Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:19662 misc.legal:5910 Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!super!udel!princeton!njin!rutgers!cmcl2!nrl-cmf!ames!amdahl!pyramid!prls!philabs!ttidca!troeger From: troeger@ttidca.TTI.COM (Jeff Troeger) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,misc.legal Subject: Re: Is ARC a valid trademark? Message-ID: <3212@ttidca.TTI.COM> Date: 23 Sep 88 17:31:01 GMT References: <1682@qiclab.UUCP> <3190@ttidca.TTI.COM> <10117@eddie.MIT.EDU> Sender: uucp@super.ORG Reply-To: troeger@ttidcb.tti.com (Jeff Troeger) Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc Organization: Citicorp/TTI, Santa Monica Lines: 26 In article <10117@eddie.MIT.EDU> ooblick@eddie.MIT.EDU (Mikki Barry) writes: >If DATAPOINT has indeed been using this as a trademark since the 70's, >I wonder why it hasn't bothered to register their trademark. This leads >me to believe that there have been challenges to their exclusive use of the >letters, disallowing them to register it with the trademark office. >If ARC has been in common use, I find it hard to believe they can have >an exclusive right to use those letters in the same context. >Mikki Barry In regards to Mikki's question regarding DATAPOINT Coporations trademark, After further investigation, The following are registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark office: "ARC", "Attached Resource Computer", "ARCNET". Is it possible for two companies to hold trademarks on the same name if the product is markedly different? -- Jeff Troeger @ Citicorp(+)TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. (213) 450-9111, ext. 3153 Santa Monica, CA 90405 {philabs,randvax,csun}!ttidca!ttidcb!troeger or troeger@ttidca