21 Nov
2002
21 Nov
'02
12:58 p.m.
Has there ever been a lawsuit over Microsoft's trademark of the word
"Word" for its word processor that anyone knows of?
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21 Nov
21 Nov
1:15 p.m.
On Thursday, November 21, 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Has there ever been a lawsuit over Microsoft's
trademark of the word
"Word" for its word processor that anyone knows of?
I don't think they claim 'Word' as a trademark. Neither their web site, the
Word XP splash screen, nor the Word XP About dialog have a 'TM' or '(R)'
mark around 'Word', yet all three of these things do claim 'Microsoft'
with
a '(R)'.
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Jeffrey Sharp
9:25 p.m.
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Jeffrey Sharp wrote:
On Thursday, November 21, 2002, Sellam Ismail wrote:
Good, because at the last ham fest I went to I found the product box for
VisiOn's "Word" word processing program (circa 1982-1983). Microsoft's
first version of their "Word" shipped September 29, 1983 (according to
this document: http://www.microsoft.com/msft/download/keyevents.doc).
Some may remember VisiOn, which was VisiCorp's text-based windowing
operating environment that came out before and was much better than
Windows 1.0 but was somehow screwed out of the market.
The package was in excellent shape, but I was highly saddened when I
popped it open and all that was inside were some blank floppies :(
Someone had turned it into a disk binder. The software and manuals were
gone :(
(I still bought it though.)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Has there ever been a lawsuit over
Microsoft's trademark of the word
"Word" for its word processor that anyone knows of?
I don't think they claim 'Word' as a trademark. Neither their web site, the
Word XP splash screen, nor the Word XP About dialog have a 'TM' or '(R)'
mark around 'Word', yet all three of these things do claim 'Microsoft'
with
a '(R)'. 
1:34 p.m.
Bill G. may have something far more serious to contend with
after his earthly demise, than lawsuits:
John 1:1 (KJV)
"In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was
God."
Oooooops !
But than again.... Jesus is reported to have said:
And it is more likely for a Camel to go through the eye of a needle
than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven ....
So the chances in the hereafter for him are pretty slim anyway
Of course he could donate away $32.5 billion to me R.S.N.
(I don't mind, I'm an atheist anyway)
Sipke de Wal
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Subject: Lawsuit over the use of Microsoft's "Word"?
Has there ever been a lawsuit over Microsoft's trademark of the word
"Word" for its word processor that anyone knows of?
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