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Date:      Mon, 27 Oct 2003 15:58:48 +0100
From:      "Simon L. Nielsen" <simon@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Ken Smith <kensmith@cse.Buffalo.EDU>
Cc:        freebsd-docs@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Darwin...
Message-ID:  <20031027145846.GD420@arthur.nitro.dk>
In-Reply-To: <20031027134736.GC24973@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>
References:  <20031026223044.GA13291@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU> <20031027115025.GA30221@perrin.nxad.com> <20031027134736.GC24973@electra.cse.Buffalo.EDU>

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On 2003.10.27 08:47:37 -0500, Ken Smith wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 03:50:25AM -0800, Hiten Pandya wrote:
>=20
> > 	You might also need to add a copyright/registered entry or such.
> > 	This should be done for things like Sun Solaris and any other
> > 	commercial Operating System mentioned on the web site.  I am
> > 	sure the Microsoft Windows is already been done.

Solaris and similar known trademarks should be marked up correctly, but
of course I won't rule out that I might have missed some instances.

> Thanks, I'll watch for that sort of stuff if/when browsing.
>
> I can't find a Trademark for Darwin but it looks like NetBSD has
> a trademark registered.  Though the place I was checking thinks

I don't think it's registered, but they are in the process of
registering it.

> FreeBSD's Trademark is registered to Walnut Creek so I'm not sure
> how accurate this is given Murray's fun with that.  This is the

I think that is still correct with the current status. (Since Walnut
Creek is Wind River Systems, after BSDi bought Walnut Creek, and WRS
bought BSDi.)

> search tool I found:
>=20
> http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/gate.exe?f=3Dsearchstr&state=3Dgeuq4q.1.1

Due to USPTO's use of sessions, that URL will only work a very short
time (doesn't work now).

> It says NetBSD is a Trademark of "NetBSD Foundation".
> No records found for OpenBSD.
> Lots of records found for Darwin but none that seem to apply to
> the Darwin OS.

Darwin doesn't appear on Apple's trademark list[1], so I don't think it
is a trademark.

BTW, also note that some trademarks (even registered trademarks) doesn't
require you to use trademark symbols.

[1] http://www.apple.com/legal/appletmlist.html

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Simon L. Nielsen
FreeBSD Documentation Team

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