tjb@warwick.UUCP (Tim Bissell) (09/04/85)
Hi! Does anyone out there know whether "Mac" as a prefix (e.g. in MacPaint) is trademarked by apple? If I wanted to sell a program written for the Mac, could I call it MacFoo? Perhaps someone from Apple could enlighten me, as I would prefer not to get jumped on by lawyers. Please mail me, or post it to this to net.micro.mac if you feel it is of general interest... Thanks in advance, Tim Bissell <..something American...>!mcvax!ukc!warwick!snow!tjb ------------------- "Have you got a quote for us?" "Uh.... nope, can't think of one..." -------------------
smith@umn-cs.UUCP (09/09/85)
There isn't any way Apple (or anyone else) can trademark a prefix or suffix: they have to trademark a specific word or mark or string or something. There's an old (apocryphal, perhaps) story that IBM trademarked the names PL/2 through PL/99 when they came up with PL/1 or PL/I. After all, aren't there already some non Apple applications for the Mac called MacSomething or other? Rick.
lat@druil.UUCP (TepperL) (09/10/85)
> After all, aren't there already some non Apple applications for the > Mac called MacSomething or other? > > Rick. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure the name MacIntosh is owned by McIntosh Laboratories (the company that makes audio equipment) and licensed to Apple. Check the front of one our your Mac manuals. -- Larry Tepper {ihnp4 | allegra}!druil!lat +1-303-538-1759
barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) (09/11/85)
Speaking of trademarks, I have noticed in ads for the Macintosh and
Macintosh products, the acknowledgement "Macintosh is a registered
trademark LICENSED to Apple, Inc." Who owns the trademark "Macintosh"
and licenses it to Apple? Some organization of apple growers?
--
Barry Margolin
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UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmarjohn@gcc-bill.ARPA (John Allred) (09/11/85)
In article <5281@mit-eddie.UUCP> barmar@mit-eddie.UUCP (Barry Margolin) writes: > >Speaking of trademarks, I have noticed in ads for the Macintosh and >Macintosh products, the acknowledgement "Macintosh is a registered >trademark LICENSED to Apple, Inc." Who owns the trademark "Macintosh" >and licenses it to Apple? Some organization of apple growers? >-- > Barry Margolin > ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics > UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar Perhaps a stereo manufacturer? -- John Allred General Computer Company uucp: seismo!harvard!gcc-bill!john
fujiura@tkov60.DEC (Ichiri Fujiura TKH-Region/Engineering-Tokyo/Japan) (09/16/85)
>Speaking of trademarks, I have noticed in ads for the Macintosh and >Macintosh products, the acknowledgement "Macintosh is a registered >trademark LICENSED to Apple, Inc." Who owns the trademark "Macintosh" >and licenses it to Apple? Some organization of apple growers? >-- > Barry Margolin > ARPA: barmar@MIT-Multics > UUCP: ..!genrad!mit-eddie!barmar Any Japanese Macintosh manual say "Macintosh(TM) licecsed to Apple, Inc from McIntosh ("McIntosh" Not Macintosh) Laboratories.". I don't know what's "McIntosh Laboratories." Why don't original manual say ? Ichiri Fujiura DEC E-NET TKOV60::FUJIURA UUCP {decvax,ucbvax,allegra}!decwrl!dec-rher!dec-tkov60!fujiura ARPA fujiura%tkov60.DEC@decwrl.ARPA Nihon Digital Equipment Corp. Software Services Engineering Div. 3-1-1 Higashi-Ikubukuro Toshima-ku Tokyo, 170 Japan
john@gcc-bill.ARPA (John Allred) (09/18/85)
[munch, munch] McIntosh, if I am not mistaken, is an audio equipment manufacturer. -- John Allred General Computer Company uucp: seismo!harvard!gcc-bill!john