UNIX trademark

[Andrew Klossner]

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	'The trademark UNIX must be clearly and legibly identified
	as a trademark of AT&T at least once in any article, advertisement
	or document...'

AT&T is claiming more than their due.  There is nothing in trademark
law to require that a trademark be attributed in "any article."  Simply
capitalizing it is more than enough, but they can't even make you do
that.

What they *can* do under the law is prevent you from using "Unix" as a
trademark for some other product that the average person might confuse
with the Unix operating system.  And they can also require you to do
anything they want if you sign an agreement to that effect (like a
software license).  But the reporter for the Hobokin Herald doesn't
have to waste half a column inch on "Unix is a trademark ..."

Reference: Burge, David A., "Patent and Trademark Tactics and
Practice", John Wiley and Sons, 1980.

  -- Andrew Klossner   (decvax!tektronix!orca!andrew)       [UUCP]
                       (orca!andrew.tektronix at csnet-relay)  [ARPA]