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Subject:Re: ZIP Code From:Bonni Graham <bonnig -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 10 May 1994 14:00:42 EDT
I've used zip and ZIP. The post office doesn't seem to care -- unlike
Kleenex (TM) or Xerox (TM), they seem perfectly happy that the trademark has
become a generic term. I think that may have been one of their goals -- the
only reason it's trademarked seems to be to keep private mail services from
claiming it as a "unique feature".
People seem to understand it either way (kind of like FAX and fax) although
the all-lowercase looks a little funny to me. I'd say being consistent with
the rest of your fields is more important.
Bonni Graham
Manual Labour
President, San Diego STC
BonniG -at- aol -dot- com
