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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!algor2.algorists.com!jeffrey From: jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler) Subject: AT&T sues BSDI Reply-To: jeffrey@algor2.algorists.com (Jeffrey Kegler) Organization: Algorists, Inc. Date: Mon, 20 Jul 92 21:18:11 GMT Message-ID: <1992Jul20.211811.3152@algor2.algorists.com> Keywords: BSDI AT&T References: <83873@netnews.upenn.edu> Lines: 21 According to today's _ComputerWorld_ (July 20, 1992, page 16) AT&T's USL has sued Berkeley Software Design, Inc. in U.S. District Court in NJ. Copyright and patent infringement are apparently *not* involved, the grounds being specified as "trademark infringement, false advertizing and unfair competition." The article is very short, and I have nothing more on this. Its relevance to this group is marginal if no copyright, patent or trade secret issue is involved, but that itself may be interesting -- like the curious matter in one of Sherlock's Holmes stories about what the dog did in the night. (For Holmes non-fans, the dog did nothing, in particular did not bark, suggesting that the parties involved were familiar to him.) That AT&T does not sue BSDI on intellectual property rights in software might suggest it believes it has none that are worth suing over. Then again ... -- Jeffrey Kegler, Independent UNIX Consultant, Algorists, Inc. jeffrey@algor2.ALGORISTS.COM or uunet!algor2!jeffrey 137 E Fremont AVE #122, Sunnyvale CA 94087