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Xref: sserve comp.org.eff.talk:9043 comp.unix.bsd:5043 comp.os.mach:2141 misc.int-property:522 Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!mlb.semi.harris.com!uflorida!novavax!burtond From: burtond@novavax.UUCP (Donald B. Burton) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.mach,misc.int-property,alt.suit.att-bsdi Subject: Re: Are you sure UNIX is a trade mark? Message-ID: <4093@novavax.UUCP> Date: 14 Sep 92 04:15:01 GMT References: <1992Sep1.090548.8351@uhura1.uucp> <1992Sep1.130800.14354@news.acns.nwu.edu> <MJB.92Sep1163324@oak7.doc.ic.ac.uk> <EDWI5ZL@taronga.com> <1992Sep2.220141.17026@nntp.hut.fi> <1992Sep4.234429.18294@newsgate.sps.mot.com> <Bu5DBu.IA6@rahul.net> Organization: Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, FL Lines: 22 let me add my own .02 worth into this copyright/infringement potpourri. and i quote from isbn 0-201-06196-1 the_design_and_implementation_of_the_4.3_bsd_unix_operating .... by samuel j. leffler et al on the page with the copyright and the publisher information etc theres a paragraph that states 'UNIX is a registered trademark of AT&T Bell Laboratories in the United States and other countries...' so. we are now no smarter than when we started? i forgot what we were discussing. actually, i have heard of this purely as a rumor--the death-star <well thats what i call it> symbol you know, the orb made with line-art so often seen with at&t logos was once untm-ed and un <c>-ed. then some joe-schmoo noticed and copyrighted it before the execs at at&t realized. at&t had to pay him $$$ to buy it back/pay royalt etc. anyone ever heard of this? truth? <this is the signature>