snicoud@ATC.BOEING.COM (Stephen Nicoud) (12/08/89)
I pulled this off of comp.lang.lisp. Does anyone have more informed info? Article 2650 of comp.lang.lisp: Path: bcsaic!snicoud From: snicoud@bcsaic.UUCP (Stephen Nicoud) Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Explorer Message-ID: <17799@bcsaic.UUCP> Date: 8 Dec 89 05:55:24 GMT References: <32052@news.Think.COM> Reply-To: snicoud@atc.boeing.com (Stephen Nicoud) Organization: Boeing Advanced Technology Center for Computer Science Lines: 18 In article <32052@news.Think.COM> barmar@Think.COM (Barry Margolin) writes: >I just saw a TV commercial for a home computer called "Explorer". At first >I thought, "What? TI is marketing their Lisp Machine to home users?" From >the rest of the commercial I found out that it is a completely different >machine by a different manufacturer. > >So, did TI forget to trademark the name "Explorer"? Or are these new guys >about to get their asses sued? I, too, saw that commercial last night. At the last X3J13 meeting, I first heard about this new "Explorer" from the TI folks. Apparently, TI has been aware of this and is pursuing it. I believe, however, that TI trademarked "Texas Instruments Explorer" and not just "Explorer" which could account for why this other group [Head Start?] went ahead with it. -- Stephen Nicoud <snicoud@atc.boeing.com> uw-beaver!bcsaic!snicoud Boeing Advanced Technology Center for Computer Sciences