UNIX trademark

Doug Gwyn <gwyn> gwyn at brl-tgr.ARPA
Mon Nov 19 23:31:18 AEST 1984


> 	'The trademark UNIX may not be used as a noun, but must always
> 	be used as an adjective modifying a common noun as in "UNIX
> 	operating system"'

Does anyone know why the lawyers decided this?

"Coke beverage is the real thing"

"It's the Pepsi beverage generation"

Yuck!



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