[Sca-cooks] OOP, OT - Macintosh
Phil Troy/ G. Tacitus Adamantius
adamantius.magister at verizon.net
Mon Oct 14 09:06:59 PDT 2002
Also sprach Decker, Terry D.:
>Apple can't copyright the spelling, it is a pre-existing variant of a common
>name and has previously been used for waterproof raincoats of rubberized
>cotton which took their name from the inventor, Charles Macintosh (or
>MacIntosh). What they can do and did is register Apple Macintosh as a trade
>or brand name, which protects the usage in computer and related sales.
Oh, like McDonald's did when they forced a Mr. McDonald in Scotland
out of the sandwich business?
Actually, I've never seen that name spelled that way in any context
other than that of the computer. McIntosh, MacIntosh, and Mackintosh,
I am familiar with. Macintosh surprised me.
Adamantius
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