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From: chased@rbbb.Eng.Sun.COM (David Chase)
Newsgroups: gnu.misc.discuss,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?
Date: 22 Sep 1992 22:04:23 GMT
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Mt. View, Ca.
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In article <Bu5DBu.IA6@rahul.net> dhesi@rahul.net (Rahul Dhesi) writes:
>I'll make you a deal.  Give me the same legal budget that AT&T has.  If
>I can't prove in court that UNIX is no longer a trade mark, I will
>paint my head yellow.

Give me AT&T's legal budget, and I'll paint my head yellow either way.

Whether or not UNIX is a trademark, anyone choosing to argue the point
in court had better have lots of money for just the lawyers, let alone
the costs if they lose.  Abstract notions of right or wrong or
mathematical treatments of the relevant statues don't necessarily have
much to do with whether you win or lose in court, especially if you
can't afford to even enter the game.

(No this, is not Sun's official position.  This is something I learned
in graduate school.)

David Chase
Sun