W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL (Keith Petersen) (09/18/88)
From a file downloaded from Exec-PC...SEASAW.TXT
The following is from an attorney in Iowa:
I've a suggestion:
Rather than sending mere letters of protest to SEA, why not simply
try to overload it with litigation? Can you imagine the cost of
trying to stamp out every "misuse" of its "trademark" in every forum
in the country? Such challenges should not merely be mailed to SEA,
but should be publicly posted on computer bulletin boards from one
end of the country to the other, submitted to trade publications, and
generally given the widest possible circulation so that SEA will feel
compelled to take action. A suggested form follows:
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Mr. Thom L. Henderson, President
System Enhancement Associates, Inc.
21 New Street
Wayne, New Jersey 07470
Dear Mr. Henderson:
You are hereby expressly invited to sue me in the United States Dis-
trict Court for the ________ District of ____ in __________, ____,
for infringing your alleged trademark of "ARC" and all its various
derivatives. I have wantonly, willfully, deliberately, repeatedly,
openly, and notoriously used the words "arc," "arced," "unarc," "un-
arced," "arcing," "unarcing," and every other noun, pronoun, verb,
adverb, adjective, conjunction, preposition, or other part of speech
of the English language that could conceivably be formed from the
word "arc" to describe processes of data file compression and extrac-
tion commonly known as "archiving." Moreover, I have every intention
of continuing to do so at every opportunity and in every form of com-
munication available to me, distributed in every imaginable way, in-
cluding, without limitation, that which may be obtainable on payment
of a fee or be included with a product or service which is obtainable
on payment of a fee or for which a fee is requested.
Sincerely,
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To show he is not kidding, the attorney who drafted this form letter put
his name on it, filled in the other details, and send it registered mail
to Thom Henderson at SEA.