[Gllug] Microsoft don't acknowledge Linux trademark.

[Simon Stewart]

On Fri, Nov 09, 2001 at 11:12:35AM +0000, Steve Brown wrote:
> 
> William Palfreman wrote:
> > others get acknowledges and Linux pointedly does not.  It implies that
> > Linux is not a trademark but a generic term - and if you start allowing
> > that you can loose your trademark I think.
> 
> You certainly can lose your trademark by not 'protecting' it, and when it
> was trademarked, Linus specifically said this, and that *everyone* should
> acknowledge it.
> 
> He also wanted to be notified of every infringement, so that action could
> (as in, 'would') be taken. Don't know what the current situation is, but
> maybe you should mention it incase?

I was always under the impression that Windows was a registered
trademark too.... 

Cheers,

Simon

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