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Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 12:09:38 +1030
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: Brad Salai <bsalai@tmonline.com>, netbsd-advocacy@NetBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: BSD Trademarks, was-Merging Net/Free/Open-BSD ..Linux
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In-Reply-To: <v04003a08b28229bed1be@[204.249.126.71]>; from Brad Salai on Wed, Nov 25, 1998 at 04:58:38PM -0500
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On Wednesday, 25 November 1998 at 16:58:38 -0500, Brad Salai wrote:
>> netbsd-advocacy cc'd. ]
>>
>> Mirian Crzig Lennox <mirian@xensei.com> writes:
>>> Why not just "BSD"?
>>>
>>> That's what I call it anyway.
>>
>> "BSD" is a trademark owned by Berkeley Software Design, Inc.
>>
>> (And, in case anyone is wondering or inclined, neither this list nor
>> my mailbox is the right place to send flames about that.  8-)
>
> I hope this isn't a flame, but I looked around and found the following BSD
> marks registered in the USPTO:
>
>
> Word Mark  FREEBSD
> Owner Name  (REGISTRANT) WALNUT CREEK CDROM, INCORPORATED
> Owner Address  1547 Palos Verdes Mall, Suite 260 Walnut Creek CALIFORNIA
> 94596 CORPORATION CALIFORNIA
> Goods and Services: CD ROMs featuring an archive of computer programs which
> may be accessed for use;
>
> Thats a shock, I wonder if the FreeBSD folks know about this?

Yes, they know about it.  In case you don't know, there's a strong
symbiosis between FreeBSD and Walnut Creek.

Greg
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