Re: Name of the XFree86-based DDX

Harold L Hunt II <huntharo-mhe/[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.freedesktop.xserver
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Mike A. Harris wrote:
> On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, Harold L Hunt II wrote:
> 
> 
>>>>XFree86 is a registered trademark of XFree86 Inc., so if you want to 
>>>>avoid the possibility of future lawsuits, that name should probably be 
>>>>avoided at all costs.
>>>
>>>
>>>s/registered//
>>>
>>>It is a commonlaw trademark, not a registered one, however the
>>>website claims that registration has been filed for.
>>
>>It really is "pending registration", at leaast it is in the US.  Just go 
>>to uspto.gov and search on "XFree86".  You'll see it was filed for 
>>registration sometime last year.
> 
> 
> Yes, that's another way of saying what I just said above.  ;o)

Not really, you said they "claim" it is being registered, while I 
confirmed that it is being registered.

Harold
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