W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA (Keith Petersen) (08/07/88)
Brad, "a rose by any other name...". The PK361.EXE file extracts to
PKPAK and PKUNPAK. Phil complied with the court order to cease using
the name "ARC". The programs are functionally the same as PK36, only
the name has been changed and some bugs fixed. Phil added some new
features in 3.61, too.
In my opinion the court erred in stating that "ARC" was a valid
trademark. I have a CP/M program in the archives here at SIMTEL20
that used the name ARC long *before* there was even anything called
MSDOS. It was written by Jim Loposhinski, the author of the machine
language "SQ120.COM", a Hoffman compression program for CP/M. I hope
someone will file a class-action lawsuit to invalidate SEA's trademark
because of prior (and "common") use. The CP/M program created files
with the extension ".ARC" and the program was called ARC. If SEA's
trademark is allowed to stand, every software author that creates
utilities to deal with ARC files is in danger of being sued by SEA.
--Keith Petersen
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