Unix(tm) is a trademark...
Henry Spencer
henry at utzoo.UUCP
Wed Mar 26 04:27:32 AEST 1986
> Seriously though, I wonder why AT&T never registered the trademark;
> I would think that if AT&T was really serious about usage enforcement, they
> would have made the effort at registration.
I believe they ran afoul of problems with UNIX already being an (obscure)
trademark for one or two other things. Registration has stronger uniqueness
requirements than just using it as a trademark.
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Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
{allegra,ihnp4,linus,decvax}!utzoo!henry
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