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Subject:Re: LEGAL: is PC a trademark? From:Danny Wood <dwood -at- SSI -dot- NAVTECH -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 27 Jun 1997 07:10:28 -0500
On Jun 27, 12:06pm, John -dot- Cornellier -at- PARIS -dot- IE -dot- PHILIPS -dot- COM wrote:
> Subject: LEGAL: is PC a trademark?
> If printing in a doc that software is PC-compatible, is PC copyrighted & if
so,
> must one ack? Is this another chapter in the Fibreglass Kleenex story?
> Suggestions? Comments?
> Ta, John
> john -dot- cornellier -at- paris -dot- ie -dot- philips -dot- com
>-- End of excerpt from John -dot- Cornellier -at- PARIS -dot- IE -dot- PHILIPS -dot- COM
I've never heard of it being trademarked, and I've been using it for years. If
it were a trademark, you would think there would have been a major law suit
that the media would have covered.
--
Danny Wood
dwood -at- ssi -dot- navtech -dot- com
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