30 Jun
2009
30 Jun
'09
10:42 a.m.
On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 3:34 PM, Bob Bradlee <caveguy at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
On Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:11:38 +0100, Adrian Graham
wrote:
COMPAQ originally stood for 'COMPAtability with Quality' because of their
IBM-copyright busting compatible BIOS. That's the official line anyhoo :)
I have no reason to dispute any official story/reason ....
Does not change the fact that the spelling Compaq was not in common use
until they registered it as a
trademark and now it has attained exclusive use in a wide range of products
and services.
While it is possiable to get a common name registered as a trademark, it
requires the common word be
used in an uncommon way and a good lawyer :-)
later
Bob
'windows', anyone?
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